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 ...

Summer arrived with a bang last week, with temperatures soaring all around the country, and if you’re anything like me, the first 90-degree day means pulling window air conditioners out of storage for ...

After years of sticky summers in small city apartments, my childhood memories of air-conditioned houses started to feel more and more distant. Living in buildings with small, oddly-shaped windows or ...

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 ...

Choosing an air conditioner sounds like it should be easy, but when you start researching different types of units, along with their various specs and installation methods, it can spiral into an ...