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Until recently, I thought a window air conditioning unit could only be an eyesore; a purely utilitarian device that was required to keep me from melting into my couch all summer long. For me, going ...

Like many places across the country, a heat wave has engulfed New York City this month, making an air conditioner at home an absolute necessity. Not about to sweat it out in my apartment all summer, I ...

In the simplest terms, the HVAC industry is about moving conditioned air from one area to another. The concept has more or less remained the same since Willis Carrier brought the first ...

You probably don’t spend much time thinking about the compressor in your air conditioner, at least as long as it’s pumping out cool air. But if you’re in the market for a new window AC this season, ...

Measuring total external static pressure (TESP) on an air handler can be confusing. It’s even worse when you’re the one who is adding to the confusion. A recent email from Judy Rachel, with Home ...

Mr. Cox lives in Salina, Kan., and is the author of “Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World.” Whenever people ask me how my wife and I have endured 25 Kansas summers ...