With rising temperatures becoming the norm, keeping your home cool without AC is becoming a year-round priority, especially as air conditioning becomes too expensive or impractical for many spaces.

Another heat wave—this one steeped in humid air, including from a Midwestern phenomenon called corn sweat—is blanketing the eastern half of the U.S. this week in July. Tens of millions of people are ...

South-facing living rooms have been a coveted feature in UK homes for a long time. Receiving an abundance of natural, warm light, it’s easy to see why they are a stand-out feature. But when the ...