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As winter approaches and temperatures take a turn, renters and homeowners alike wonder whether to remove or keep their window air conditioning (AC) units installed. While leaving your AC unit in place ...

The mercury is peaking, which means that it’s not only shorts weather, but also time to crank that AC. Unless you live in a place with central heating and cooling, you’ll likely need a window unit—you ...

If you live in a house without central air conditioning, summers can be absolutely brutal. Chances are, you’ve considered getting a window AC unit. But diving into the world of window units can be ...

Why do window ACs actually need a window? On the surface, it feels unnecessary — after all, the unit is clearly designed to blow cold air from the front. Why can't you just set it on the floor like a ...

Indoor air conditioning is one of the best ways to beat the summer heat. For many, the convenience of central air remains out of reach, which leaves the AC window unit as the next best thing. Today's ...

Air conditioning has quietly become part of the basic infrastructure of modern homes, but the hardware that keeps interiors ...

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 ...