Your air conditioner is not suddenly obsolete in 2026, but the rules around what goes inside it are changing fast. Whether ...

Your air conditioner may still click on reliably, but in 2025 the real question is whether it is the smartest place for your money. Between aging equipment, shifting refrigerant rules, and a wave of ...

It looks a little like a sleek window AC, but a new device from Chinese appliance giant Midea is actually a reversible heat pump that can both cool and heat a home—and it’s designed to heat ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – October is finally here, and even though temperatures are going to rise this weekend, those chances starting to fade away. It’s officially Fall, which means that soon it will ...

As is the case for many people, my home cannot be retrofitted with central air. My 100-plus-year-old Brooklyn apartment, which features prominently in my seven years of air quality reporting for WIRED ...

As the summer heat increases, Dallas County reminds residents without air conditioning that they can apply for a free window unit through a county program. Dallas County Health and Human Services ...

HAS HIS WARNING FOR OTHERS. TAKE A LOOK. HERE WE GO. JOE SULLIVAN’S AIR CONDITIONER IS STILL IN THE BOX. NOT WHERE IT SHOULD BE IN MID-JULY, BUT HE FELT HE HAD NO CHOICE OTHER THAN LEAVE IT BOXED UP ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A questionable smell, an odd noise, or just the feeling that your window AC unit isn't keeping the space as cool as it used to can set off the ...

It’s hot out. Like seriously hot. So we’ve been testing models of both portable and window air conditioners and poring over energy efficiency ratings to find promising units that can drop the ...

The LG Dual Inverter became the first inverter-equipped window AC available in the U.S. back in 2018, and it was far quieter and more efficient than any of its predecessors. But it wasn’t long before ...

The best portable air conditioner might just help you survive the coming summer months, especially if you have an antiquated unit and no way of installing a newer wall or window air conditioner. With ...