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Tag: air conditioning

Summer hack: How to turn any A/C into an app-controlled smart A/C for free!

The idea of a "smart air conditioner" probably seems like some future technology you're a long way away from actually being able…

Brokelyn mythbusters: Can you build a cheap A/C that works?

There are few sentences in the English language less believable than “I’m going to build my own air conditioner.” The…

The heat is high, but your energy bills don’t have to be

Your windows are letting the air conditioning out, your light bulbs are wearing out too fast and your energy bills…

Our $1 tuna-fish lunch at an NYC cooling center

The cooling centers are open again, and this week, they're sure to be hopping. Here's what we found last summer,…

Our $1 tuna-fish lunch at an NYC cooling center

Today's the first day this year that the city has opened its cooling centers, the specially designated air-conditioned havens where…