When you hear the term “portable cooling,” do you associate it with an emergency, quick-fix, rental, or temporary solution that will only last for a few weeks? Contractors with these views could be ...

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Portable units can be used as a permanent solution when the situation calls for it. Some companies use portable units for redundancy if their main system has a problem, or if the room isn’t at the ...

The Black+Decker BPP08WTB portable air conditioner outperformed others in our lab testing. Not only did the Midea MAP14HS1TBL excel in performance compared with most portable air conditioners we ...

Practical and energy-efficient cooling solutions become paramount as summer approaches and temperatures rise. While effective, traditional air conditioning units often have high energy costs and ...

John Breeden II is an award-winning reviewer with more than 20 years of experience covering technology. Follow him on Twitter @TheLabGuys. Technology has advanced to the point where many institutions ...

Summer heat has officially arrived, and if your current cooling situation involves standing in front of an open refrigerator, it might be time to upgrade. Portable air conditioners offer a practical ...

If you don’t have central air and are in the market for an air conditioner, you’ve probably been debating which style would work best for your home or apartment. While both portable and window air ...

The Thompson School District is looking at how ceiling fans and portable cooling units would work in some of the schools that are not air-conditioned. “Small reductions in temperature trends can ...

After years of sticky summers in small city apartments, my childhood memories of air-conditioned houses started to feel more and more distant. Living in buildings with small, oddly-shaped windows or ...