From Downton Abbey to the Red Keep to 742 Evergreen Terrace, there are so many cool houses I'd love to explore from television shows. Some have even gotten quite famous for their use on these shows.

The system can cool and heat without using volatile refrigerants or burning fossil fuels by exploiting the “elastocaloric effect” in nickel-titanium (Ni-Ti) shape memory alloys. Dubbed elastocalorics, ...