Air Conditioning

The 10 Neatest New York Inventions Ever

Alex Santoso | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York


Alex Santoso

New York, as my friends and family who live there like to say, is the center of the universe and the source of everything important in life. Like Christmas.

Hot in the City

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 09.20.2009 | New York


Jonathan A. Schein

What is it about a heat wave in New York that brings out the least green behaviors of some our retailers?

New York Neighbors Are Wonderful! (or Never Install An Air Conditioner in the Middle of the Night)

Pamela Newton | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living


Pamela Newton

This little tale is a warning about improperly installed air conditioners, midnight flights of fancy, and heat-induced imbecility but most of all, it's about kind and helpful New Yorkers.

What I Love And Hate About New York

Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 09.08.2009 | New York


Jonathan Daniel Harris

Your pizza is too damn good. I'm lucky I don't live in New York, because if I did I'd eat about three loaves of bread a day and start looking like some sort of Mario Batali-John Madden hybrid.

A/C Setting Can Push Couples To Boiling Point

washingtonpost.com | Steve Hendrix | Posted 09.01.2009 | Living


It was the middle of a steamy summer night, and the frame house in Cleveland Park was quiet, dark and, for Bill Adler, way too hot. ...

Cool Off Without The AC This Summer

Chelsea Green | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green


You may want to reconsider blasting your AC in the cars, in your house, and in your workplace (unless you're working outside, 'cause that breeze is fr...

Eco-Celeb Jon Hamm Tries Not To Use Air Conditioning

Mother Nature Network | Posted 05.31.2009 | Green


Mad Men star Jon Hamm agreed, saying, "I hope the trend continues in the next four, hopefully eight years." As an NRDC supporter, "it's nice to be abl...