Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Cassidy was an updates editor whose main responsibility is to write and edit ...

As temperatures climb, the hum of the air conditioner becomes a familiar soundtrack in homes across the country. But how many of us are truly using our AC units effectively? Many people intuitively ...

Whether you have a window AC or a split AC, regular upkeep can extend the unit's lifespan by years, reduce energy bills by up ...

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 ...

This shift has created two common categories in residential cooling systems: smart ACs and normal ACs. Both use the same refrigeration technology to cool a room, yet the way users control and monitor ...