How to store summer heat for the winter
It is possible to warm houses in winter using heat generated in summer. What storage technologies are available and how good are they?…
Energy savings: Heat homes, cool the planet
When it comes to energy efficiency, France is lagging behind its European neighbours, trailing Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Nearly seven million French people live in residences known as…
Heat and hunger: Sudan struggles to shelter 25,000 Ethiopian refugees
In a sun-baked and dusty wasteland in remote eastern Sudan, crews are labouring to rebuild a refugee camp for the 25,000 people who have fled heavy fighting in neighbouring Ethiopia's Tigray region.…
Carbon-intensive cement industry feeling the heat
The cement sector accounts for 7% of all man-made CO2 emissions, more than all 202 million trucks and more than the steel sector. Pressure is piling up on European cement companies to…