Category: Temperatures

  • Morrisons tests raising freezer temperatures to cut energy costs and emissions

    Morrisons is trialling an innovative approach to saving energy and cutting costs by raising the temperature of its fridge freezers by 3 degrees Celsius. The move represents the first deviation by a UK supermarket from the industry standard, which has remained unchanged for almost a century. The Bradford-based retailer will…

  • Americans seek out cooler destinations for July 4 travel as temperatures sizzle By Reuters

    Written by Shivansh Tiwari (Reuters) – High temperature warnings made Americans rethink their Fourth of July travel plans and sparked a rush to cooler places for the holidays, data from Booking.com (NASDAQ:.com) showed. Coastal destinations and those offering water activities emerged as top choices with a third of Americans looking…

  • Heat wave scorches US East Coast as dangerous temperatures expand to West By Reuters

    (Reuters) – More than 100 million people across the United States were under temperature warnings on Sunday, as cities on the East Coast braced for record temperatures as a heat dome causing dangerous conditions expanded to the West Coast. Temperatures in Baltimore and Philadelphia are expected to reach record highs…

  • Record temperatures, higher natural gas prices to lift power bills this summer

    Pedrosala/iStock via Getty Images Higher electricity bills in the future For most of the United States this summer, the Energy Information Administration expects the average monthly residential energy bill in the United States to rise to $173 in June, July and August, up 3% from a year ago. The biggest…

  • Record temperatures, higher natural gas prices to lift power bills this summer

    Pedrosala/iStock via Getty Images Higher electricity bills in the future For most of the United States this summer, the Energy Information Administration expects the average monthly residential energy bill in the United States to rise to $173 in June, July and August, up 3% from a year ago. The biggest…