Heating and Cooling

As households with gas heaters fire them up for winter, tradies and firefighters fear many do not understand the safety risks they pose if not properly maintained.

Whether your priority is to make life in your rental property less of Survivor-style experience, keep energy costs down, or just to be cosier, winter can be a season of challenge.  

Winter is here, and experts say there are ways to stay warm while saving money on your power bill. One of them is to avoid setting the heater temperature too high.

Vulnerable Australians like Michelle Ryder are in for a tough winter as cost-of-living pressures force them to choose between heating their homes and buying groceries.

An experiment finds dark-roofed homes in Western Sydney are recording roof cavity temperatures as much as 10 degrees warmer than homes with lighter shades.

Heating and cooling take up 40 per cent of power bills, but turning off the air conditioning isn't an option in parts of the state. Now on the other side of summer, many households are feeling the heat with the increased cost of electricity.

As the mercury rises, you may be looking for some cost-effective ways to cool your home. Here's how to lower your energy bill without sacrificing comfort.

Los Angeles and other US cities have embraced lighter-coloured "cool roads" in response to climate change and heatwaves. So why isn't Australia doing the same?

Those of us lucky enough to have air conditioning may be tempted to crank it up. An expert in keeping cool says running it at a higher temperature with a fan running is much more energy efficient. 

Three women and four men were hospitalised after contracting the non-contagious disease from potentially contaminated cooling towers.

Hundreds of Queenslanders have signed a petition urging the state government to stop rolling out artificial turf on publicly-owned land and infrastructure.

With very hot temperatures in Broome projected to increase from 56 to 87 days per year by 2030, Kimberley doctors are coming together to call for stronger climate action to prevent a health disaster.

We know the impact hot weather can have on the environment, but what does it do to your body?

A day after El Niño was formally declared by the Bureau of Meteorology, fire bans are in place as hot and dry conditions are forecast across New South Wales.

This simple task can help save you money and keep you warm in winter. You've just got to remember to do it. 

Those working outdoors in the Northern Territory are forced to contend with extreme heat. Now scientists have looked to 2070 to see how the changing climate will impact the workforce.

How will you cope with rising energy bills? Avoiding using your heater will become much easier with these handy tips and some simple DIY.

A council in Adelaide's inner suburbs is considering making a cool refuge available for its residents on hot days. It comes as a disaster resilience expert warns other councils must start considering similar initiatives. 

Everyone can think of a hot part of town where the sun shines brighter and there's no shade. Could heat mitigation and cooling be integrated further into planning and development?

What's your magic air conditioner number? Should you switch off the aircon when you pop to the shops? And does "dry mode" actually work?

Social services and charities fear those with air conditioners will be tempted to leave them switched off to save on power risking their health — and even their life.

Queensland's energy minister says the state will have enough electricity supply to make sure the "lights stay on" as the heatwave intensifies today but planned outages will go ahead.

Blasting the aircon isn't always an option in heatwave conditions. Here are the danger signs to watch for and how to stay safe and cool.

Prices quietly surged in this small town in the United Kingdom. Then it became the epicentre of a cost-of-living crisis.

As power prices rise alongside the mercury, and the world continues to pump carbon emissions into the atmosphere, what can we do to stay cool at home?