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Eco Factor: Energy-saving technology developed make air conditioners green. Engineers at the Purdue University have developed a technique that saves energy and servicing costs by indicating when air conditioners are low on refrigerant,...

Eco Factor: Thermos-sized device needs to be heated to trigger a refrigerant. Research indicates that more than one-sixth of the world population lacks access to electricity and hence refrigeration. Such places are also the most polluted, and...

Eco Factor: The first hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) free refrigeration unit makes its way into US market. It is ironic that the self-assumed “leader of the free world” took almost 16 years to change over to HFC-free cooling technology. The first...

While this will not exactly be a ‘refrigerator’ in the conventional sense of the word, it will be a gadget that will be of major help to a developing economy like India and many other nations where the existing infrastructure for food storage and.

Green refrigeration is something that has attained great significance in the past few years. It is because of the use of CFCs and extensive use of them that in the last 20 years or so, there has been huge damage caused to the planet. It became an...

The abundantly available energy source across the world - the sun - seems to be the best alternative to its non-renewable counterparts. Here is an inspiring new way of tapping solar energy. It is through the use of 'solar ponds'. Solar ponds can...