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If your air conditioning system or your entire HVAC needs replacing, it may be smart to consider a heat pump. But what is a heat pump vs. an air conditioner?
A heat pump is basically an air conditioner that can also work in reverse to provide heat. A heat pump can replace your air conditioner and possibly your heating system as well. But it is important to make sure it’s the right choice for your needs.
Wildfire season is happening already. Will we get wildfire smoke in NYC this year? It seems likely given the windy and dry conditions. There were fires very close to NYC last year, and smoke can travel here from the west coast and Canada thousands of miles away.
Wildfire smoke is smelly, messy and downright dangerous: the EPA states that even short term exposure can cause headaches, eye and sinus irritation, respiratory problems, cardiovascular problems, and even premature death.
Here’s how to protect your family, your health, and your home from wildfire smoke.
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Is your AC not cooling as well as you expect? That’s frustrating. Especially if your system is not old and there’s no obvious repair issue.
You might be falling victim to some myths about air conditioning that are hurting the performance of your system. Today we’re going to debunk those myths and reveal what you need to know to improve air conditioner problems.
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When NYC’s temperatures flirt with triple digits, surviving the heat in your sweltering office or apartment may seem impossible. Surviving a zombie apocalypse seems a whole lot easier. Yet experts say we can learn a lot about surviving the heat from the top tips about what to do (and what not to do) when facing a legion of reanimated corpses.
Surviving the heat in NYC, like surviving a zombie apocalypse, requires that you know what you’re doing and have the proper plan in place. Here’s what you are almost certainly doing wrong, and how to change your ways so you don’t get eaten alive by the summer heat and humidity.
Did you realize you’re doing something educational when you binge-watch old Seinfeld episodes? You can learn a couple of important lessons about air conditioning in NYC from Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer.
SPOILER ALERT: Some plot details of Seinfeld episodes are revealed below, but we’re betting that you’ve already seen them anyway!
It probably won’t surprise you that electricity rates in NYC are already about 60 percent higher than the national average, yet ConEd wants to raise the rates by at least 11%.
What can you do to protect your budget from the impact of higher electricity rates? Reduce your electricity usage. Here are some tips to help you do that.
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