(Family Features) Homeowners may not realize it, but one compound impacts their lives nearly every day: refrigerant. Capable of transforming from liquid to gas and back again, it absorbs and transfers ...

New refrigerants are arriving in American homes at the same time you are being told they are both better for the planet and “mildly flammable.” That combination can sound unnerving if all you want is ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — With temperatures expected to rise into the 80s later this week, many people will turn on their air conditioning, maybe for the first time this year. HVAC companies are gearing up ...

The shift to A2L refrigerants may seem daunting, but with proper tools, training, and safety know-how, contractors can handle ...

On Christmas Eve, the Department of Environmental Conservation implemented a new regulation that will lead to a shortage of refrigerated and frozen foods across New York. Despite overwhelming ...

The refrigerant rules changing around 2025 are often framed as a simple bump in new system prices, but the real story runs through your future repair bills, how long you can keep an older unit alive, ...

WALLER, Texas — Daikin Comfort Technologies North America Inc. has teamed up with the Esco Institute to offer a new online course, "Low-GWP Refrigerant Safety: Flammable and Mildly Flammable (A2L) ...

A federal rule mandating the use of certain refrigerants has substantially boosted the price of air conditioning and increased the risk of fire – only to reduce global temperature by an amount too ...

The Marching Jayhawks performed at a celebration of the opening of KU's latest research center on Nov. 7, 2024. U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., is pictured in the background. If you could have just one ...

Mark Shiflett, Foundation Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering and director of the Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering, University of Kansas, will ...