According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there is an estimated 702 deaths, 67, 512 ER visits and 9,235 individuals hospital per year due to environmental heat exposure. In ...

Each year, extreme heat kills more people than any other weather-related cause in the United States and leads to substantial heat-related injuries and illnesses. These health consequences also result ...

Hot Topics in Urban Policy and Health: In a new UHC Policy Core blog series, we’ll highlight important topics in urban policy with implications for health and health equity. We hope the series will ...

The European Commission has awarded €400 million ($465.7 million) to 65 industrial heat decarbonization projects across 10 European countries in its first Innovation Fund heat auction, targeting ...

The heat vulnerability index, compiled by the University of Connecticut's Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation, shows areas that are more vulnerable to heat-related impacts of ...

Loop heat pipes (LHPs) are passive two-phase devices that harness capillary forces within a porous wick to circulate a working fluid between an evaporator and a condenser. At the evaporator, heat ...

Heat recovery from wastewater exploits the latent thermal energy carried by domestic, commercial and industrial effluents to displace conventional heating and cooling demands. Wastewater temperatures ...

Let’s cover the other end of the temperature spectrum and address deliberate heat exposure. Much like cold exposure, placing your body into an uncomfortable temperature can actually draw many health ...

The Situation: 2026 will be a pivotal year for district heat networks ("DHNs"). The Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025 ("the Heat Networks Regulations"), which came into ...

A civil engineer explains why roadways and rails warp and crack in the heat − and points to some innovative ways to keep the US transportation system healthy as long as possible. The 2024 Summer Games ...