Articles by

Chris Baraniuk

Cutting-Edge Technology Could Massively Reduce the Amount of Energy Used for Air Conditioning

The Chinese bus company couldn’t work it out. Some days when its buses merely crawled along Shanghai’s...

How to Build a Hurricane-Proof House

They couldn’t sleep. A hurricane was lashing their brand-new house with a torrent of wind and rain....

The Hunt for the Most Efficient Heat Pump in the World

Outside a 100-year-old house on the edge of the Peak District in northern England, a heat pump’s...

Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing

Rising sea levels, biodiversity collapse, extreme weather—these are the grisly horsemen of climate apocalypse. But don’t forget...

Europe Rules That Insufficient Climate Change Action Is a Human Rights Violation

Climate law experts are already calling it one of the most impactful rulings on human rights and...