air conditioning

I have always thought that air conditioning units, although quite often necessary, have been some of the most voracious energy consuming appliances out there. Let's face it, an air conditioner has to do the same job that a refrigerator does. However, refrigerators only have to cool those nicely...

Is President Bush fishing around for something to do after he leaves office in January? Yesterday at a press conference he seemed to be trying out the job of dispensing personal finance advice. I know, I know, telling people how to save seemingly microscopic amounts of money seems so glamorous. The...

It's been over ten years since I lived in a house with central air conditioning. For several of those years, I had one or more window units in my apartment, which was generally more than enough to keep me cool during the summer. A year ago, however, my wife and I moved into an apartment with barred...