Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning

14 Sep 2012

The University of Hong Kong has alarmed air-quality experts by advising students living in its formaldehyde-plagued new residential halls to switch on air conditioners to ensure fresher air.

Meilan's cool rise to the top in refrigerants

14 Aug 2012

A small maker of caustic soda and pesticides more than five decades ago, Meilan Chemical Group has grown into one of the top refrigerant producers on the mainland with annual revenue of more than...

Poor sweat it out in 'flesh steamers'

6 Aug 2012

For most families the recent heat wave has been just an inconvenience, easily handled by ducking under an air conditioner. But for people like Deng Aixia and her two children, the high...

Time to tear up the rulebook?

24 Jul 2012

Ignorance of the law may be no excuse for those responsible for enforcing it, but the rules that determine whether a structure is illegal have become so complicated that even professionals find it...

Scorched and parched

16 Jul 2012

A heat wave has hit the United States and some regions are boiling. From the Midwest to the East Coast, people and animals are doing their best to stay cool.

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Breaking the mould

Humidity is public enemy No1 for furniture. It can cause pieces to warp and crack, and Hong Kong's relative humidity levels hover around 80 per cent.

Free fans help needy elderly cope with heat

When the mercury rises, most Hongkongers simply turn on an air conditioner. For many elderly people living in windowless cubicles, however, it's a luxury merely to have an electric fan to relieve...

Simple tips to keep cool

If a new air conditioning unit is top priority to make your life bearable this summer, it is important to choose wisely.

The real Mr Freeze

Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man
by Mark Kurlansky
Doubleday

Sunny future for HK's car-cooling invention

A car air-conditioning system that runs on fuel-saving solar power is slowly gaining traction among firms and the government, with its Hong Kong makers saying the technology is unparalleled in the...

Companies blamed for power surge

Energy consumption in Hong Kong rose by more than 26 per cent over two decades, an environmental group says - and much of the power switched on left shoppers shivering in city malls or lit up the...