HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As southeast Texas battles extreme heat, many are trying to stay cool by drinking a lot of water and staying inside where it's air-conditioned. AC technicians say it's a busy ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - If you don't have air conditioning, you might be able to get one for free. Community Action Agency (CAA) said its given out 160 AC units and 340 fans since its Summer Crisis ...

Given the language we use to describe a heat wave, there's no wonder we'll go to great lengths to escape it. When the sun beats us down, we often describe the experience in terms of cooking ... we're ...

Mini-splits are the talk of the town where I live in California, largely because of the likelihood that gas appliances may not be available for much longer here. A mini-split heat pump system is ...

Fri, June 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM UTC To help you find the best home cooling for you, we’ve rounded up the best vent-hose and evaporative portable stand-alone AC units in a variety of styles and sizes.

A view of air conditioning units installed on the facade of a building in New Delhi on on April 18, 2025. Editor at Large Air conditioning is one of our great guilty pleasures. When your town is ...

It’s hot in a way that has seen most major Texas cities hit three-digit temperatures every day this week (some clocking their hottest days of the year), and in a way that has almost the entirety of ...

The Oregon Health Authority began distributing air conditioning units to Oregonians most at risk for heat-related illness amid record setting temperatures this week. The health authority worked with ...

On hot summer days, air conditioners don’t significantly decrease indoor temperatures in public affordable housing, according to a new study that tracked summer heat inside three Portland apartment ...

When deadly heat hit the Pacific Northwest two years ago, hundreds of people died, including several residents of public housing in Portland. That's where Beth Vansmith lives. She has heart disease, a ...

The dog days of summer are here. Heat and humidity are expected to persist with a heat advisory in effect through at least Wednesday, with heat index values reaching around 99-102 degrees each ...

Future generations will marvel at the ridiculous ways we’ve been keeping warm. With a furnace, you’re inefficiently burning toxic, planet-warming gas. In a big city like New York, your building might ...