A shocking 17 times more people die from cold than heat each year, according to Lancet study.

Everything you need to know about building a proper blanket fort.

Michael Sivak shows us the numbers.

When even so-called experts don't know the difference, you must admit we have a problem here.

It's a smart thermostat for hydronic heating systems and is not such a dumb idea.

Because bridges are for people.

All images via Ryan Frank. Ryan Frank may have moved his design studio to the sunnier climes of Barcelona, but he is still getting great commissions back in London, where he's made a name for his funky ways with reclaimed materials. The latest project

Inspired by theater set design, this versatile volume holds storage and other hidden furniture.

In a Canadian province where a winter heating with electricity might cost a few hundred dollars per month minimum, this man manages to cut his heating bill by using free solar energy.

This is a beautiful house, but it raises a lot of questions about what "respect for the environment" means.

A new lightweight thermoelectric generator has been developed at NC State, which may be able to power small health sensors or other small wearable devices.

That doesn't mean we shouldn't still be trying to electrify everything.

If you want to attract good people these days you have to give them a nice place to work.

The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being made in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades.

The information is pretty basic but it's not trivial, and would make a difference.

Look Ma! No heatsink!

Really, this trend should be nipped in the bud.

We have to decarbonize, not just because of carbon dioxide and climate change in the longer term, but because it is killing us directly right now.

We are by no means helpless in the face of climate change.

Not just for barbecues, some companies are switching over completely.

This young man's mortgage-free home includes an interesting self-built version of the rare species known as the heated ceiling.

American organic farmer Eliot Coleman explains how his innovative winter gardening methods work, allowing growers to harvest veggies year-round.

Waugh Thistleton Architects demonstrate how we should be building for a low carbon future.

Exposed by low tide and bereft of a cooling breeze, the mollusks overheated to the point of cooking.

Nicknaming plants. Now there's a good job to have. The invasive plant in this tale, called "cheatgrass," is being fought off by a native

You don't get an experience like this online.

In York, Alabama they now have public space where before they had a collapsing house.

Image credit: Bernd Sieker, used under Creative Commons license. Dear Pablo: Does installing commercial rooftop solar PV (with the dark-colored PV cells) negate the effect of painting that same roof white to alleviate the "heat island" effect in

TreeHugger visits one of Denmark's oldest Eco villages, which includes 74 sustainably-designed highly unique houses and apartment buildings that range from hobbit-style straw to high design.

CEO John Holland-Kaye expects to be taken up on this offer within the next 12 years.

In an effort to appease critics, the airport is focusing on four key environmental strategies.

More than 20,000 barrels of crude oil spilled, but thankfully because of a 40 foot thick layer of clay beneath the field, the oil has been relatively contained and is not believed to have reached a water source.

The already tense battle over mining in Inner Mongolia has erupted further after a Mongolian herder was run over by a coal truck and killed while trying to block the

Another good reason to pile density onto subway lines: Almost free heat and cooling.

When an Iowa State professor of mechanical engineering followed his hunch about spider webs, it paid off: he proved biological materials can rival metals in conducting heat.

This easy DIY project will save you money and reduce energy consumption by making less work for your air conditioner.

As the mercury rises, staying cool becomes a real challenge. Try making this gorgeous desk fan to keep your energy costs down.

With the first heatwave of the summer behind us, let's start thinking about how we can adapt ourselves to the heat, rather than just complaining about it or pushing it away via air conditioning.

Labor Day once meant the temperature fell -- but for much of the U.S., that's not looking likely for a few more weeks. Don't let the end-of-summer's unprecedented heat get you down!

A unique solar panel has been designed at Stanford that cools buildings by reflecting sunlight and radiating thermal energy out into space.

The technology uses radiative sky cooling to help cool buildings without electricity.

This could keep people from overheating in their wearable electronic outfits or simply in the heat of the ever-warming days

The dual source heat pump uses either the ground or the air as a heat source.

Especially when trees are newly planted, they need all the help they can get.

Merging energy-intensive Bitcoin mining with aquaculture, this project is experimenting with how technology might be used to develop better food systems.

The French consider AC to be unhealthy. Will they change their minds in the face of a changing climate?

Despite the fact that livestock production contributes more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transport sector, there is an appalling unwillingness to change eating habits in order to make a difference.

Put your poop to work; it's fuel for a biological furnace.

A new "eco-city" being planned for Turkey will use waste pistachio shells for heating public and private buildings.

This 5W thermoelectric generator converts heat from a chimney or camp stove into electricity for charging USB devices.