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There are three main types of air conditioning to consider if you want to keep your home cool – our experts explain ...
Ahh, summer, a time of vacations at the beach or mountains—and sky-high electricity bills as your air conditioner labors ...
The summer has officially begun. Here's how drivers should deal with vehicle air conditioning issues amid high temperatures.
What is the best temperature to set your air conditioner? Daytime: The U.S. Department of Energy recommends setting your thermostat at 78 degrees when you are at home and need cooling.
Bill Brink, owner of Kettle Moraine Heating & Air Conditioning, bought a surplus of AC units before the tariffs started.
Air-conditioning accounted for 7% of the world’s electricity demand in 2022, and it’s only going to get more important from here. There were fewer than 2 billion AC units in the world in 2016.
HEPA is a type of pleated mechanical air filter that can ideally remove at least 99.97 percent of dust, pollen, dander, mold, and bacteria particles as small as 0.3 microns.
Cleaning your air conditioner's filters is a simple yet often overlooked task. And it is an important one that can not only improve your general wellbeing, but also save you money on energy costs ...
A standard wall-hung split air conditioning system may contain about 1.7 kilograms of the refrigerant gas HCFC-22. HCFC-22 is a greenhouse gas hundreds of times more potent than CO2.
The minimum SEER allowed for a new split system central air conditioner in the U.S. today is 14, which is at least 20 percent more efficient than minimum-efficiency models made even 10 years ago.
Helix Earth, co-founded by a former NASA engineer, has developed a new air conditioning technology that reduces energy use and CO2 emissions by preconditioning air to lower humidity before cooling.
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 ...