Choosing the right window air conditioner involves considering cooling capacity, energy efficiency, noise levels, and ...

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 ...

Q: I am renting a small, old home without central air conditioning. I have a window air conditioner, and the past few years I’ve awkwardly filled in the space around it with a large piece of plywood.