Money Saving Archives | The Cool Down

A modern, white air conditioner mounted on a wall above a door in an apartment.

Home

Homeowner perplexed after local officials slow-walk HVAC permit

The bottom of an electric Ford Mustang, with the horse emblem on the car's grille.

Tech

New electric Ford Mustang breaks world record with 6.87-second quarter-mile run

Two workers in white protective suits handle a large solar panel.

Tech

New solar material captures up to 90% of sunlight, researchers say

A milk-source heat pump and its connecting pipes.

Tech

Milk-powered HVACs save cheesemaker $94,000 a year on electricity

A woman in a striped shirt talks with a man in a blue shirt with a tablet near a heat pump outside of a house.

Home

Husband resists heat pump as wife weighs switch to cut energy bills

A large garage with a Generac generator outside of it.

Business

Power outages, electric bills are getting worse — and one company says it has a whole-home answer

Leah Robson talks about HVAC efficiency in the UK.

Home

Heat pump expert explains the most efficient way to run an HVAC: 'It's counterintuitive'

A modern church building featuring large windows and a prominent cross, decorated with wreaths.

Tech

Faced with $1,500 power bill, church turns to heat pumps — and saves $6k

A woman in a pink sweater gestures playfully while discussing solar energy in a video call with an EnergySage adviser.

Home

'Like ... Kayak, but for solar': Homeowner reveals how she avoided sales calls while going solar

A man with a baseball cap gestures to a mini-split unit on a wall behind him while speaking in a room.

Home

Mini-split HVACs are like cooking on a single burner as opposed to lighting an entire stove

A house with balcony solar panels.

Home

Wait, you just plug it in? Balcony solar trend explodes in popularity

A man wearing a hat works on a solar panel under a clear blue sky with palm trees in the background.

Business

Crippled by power outages and fuel shortages, Cuban homeowners turn to solar