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 ...

A window is the best option for venting a portable AC, but there are alternatives if a window is not available. Venting is critical; without it, the AC sends hot air back into the living space.

No matter where you live, at some point in the summer, you'll probably want air conditioning. You have three options for cooling your home -- central air conditioning, window air conditioners and ...

We've spent the last several months testing window air conditioners and portable air conditioners and found that while window units cooled rooms faster, it wasn't that much faster. It's true that ...

The summer months can be brutal, and climate change is causing historic heat waves in parts of the United States. Maybe you don’t have central air conditioning, because your typically cooler area ...