The UK isn’t historically known for its blazing summers, but this long-held reputation of grey skies and rain is now being challenged. Summer 2025 was the hottest on record, according to the Met ...

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As summer gets underway in the Northern Hemisphere, homeowners without central air face a daunting choice—wrestle with the installation of aesthetically unpleasing window units or suffer through the ...

Which mini split air conditioners are best? Mini split air conditioners are heating and cooling systems that allow users to control temperatures on a room-by-room basis. They are more efficient than ...

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Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Does it get so stuffy in your basement home office that some days you can barely focus on working? Or are you calling into ...

Erin Gobler is a personal finance writer based in Madison, Wisconsin. She writes about topics including budgeting, student loans, credit, mortgages, investing and insurance. Her work has been ...

The majority of homes with AC utilize a central air conditioning system. As the name implies, it distributes cold air from a central location via a duct work system. The vast majority of residential ...

Millions of Americans are still working from home, sometimes in attics, basements, and other nooks and crannies that serve as offices. And often these out-of-the-way spaces don’t benefit from the air ...