Central AC vs Window AC Units Lennox Fall Promotion - NOW IN EFFECT! Trane Fall Promotion - NOW IN EFFECT!When I wrote about the staid state of window air conditioner units a few years ago, I was surprised to find that it resonated with many readers everywhere. In spite of the superiority of central air, tons of people still have to manage with self-installable window units which, as I wrote, had not changed in decades. To me, this is one of the enduring mysteries of contemporary industrial design, which has over the past twenty years sought to reinvent, redesign or elevate out of commodity status almost every object in the home, from vacuum cleaners to thermostats to toaster ovens. The closest thing to innovation that the AC market seems to have produced is so-called ductless air conditioning, but those units don’t address the problem that most Westerners want to solve with window units: cool a room with a machine that costs less than US$1,000. This widespread general interest bears out in the Kickstarter campaign for Noria, a new project that aims to “redefine” window air conditioners.

With just over a week left to go, the project has already raised nearly three times its funding goal. That’s a clear sign that it addresses a real need in the market. Noria claims to be less than six inches tall and forty percent smaller than standard units. This allows it to be stored and installed easily (the video demonstrates the process, and it looks like a revelation in terms of ease of use). Critically, this also means that when it sits in the window it does not block the view, a huge humanistic benefit that should not be underestimated. It seems like a huge improvement over standard units, of course, but it appears to be miles ahead of other recent, similar attempts like Quirky’s Aros air conditioner too. I hope that when it ships it lives up to all this amazing promise.The Summer Crisis Program begins July 1st and ends August 31st. The Summer Crisis Program is for electric utility assistance only and is for households that include a person 60+ years, customers with a household member who has a qualifying medical condition or households served by a non-regulated utility with disconnect notice.

The maximum amount for bill payment assistance and/or air conditioner is $300 for regulated utilities and $500 for non-regulated utilities. To qualify for the Summer Crisis Program, households must be at or below a gross annual income of 175% of the federal poverty level and meet one of the following criteria: You do not have to be enrolled in PIPP to be eligible for the Summer Crisis Program. You do not need a disconnect notice to be eligible for the program. The benefits of the Summer Crisis Program include provision of one window air conditioning unit per household (for households that do not have central air and have not received an air conditioning unit in the past three years {2013, 2014, 2015} and/or a one-time payment of up to $300 on the electric bill for regulated utilities and $500 for non-regulated utilities.) Medical eligibility for an air conditioner is needed for anyone under the age of 60. You must have written documentation: a prescription from your doctor, Nurse Practitioner, or you can see our Lung Health Clinic (Monday or Wednesday).

There are a limited number of air conditioners available. **PLEASE BE ADVISED OF THE FOLLOWING ADDITION TO DOCUMENTATION NEEDED**: To make an appointment at our main office Interactive Voice Response System,  24 hours a day,   holidays, weekends or workdays at: 1-866-861-6399types of hvac work To make an appointment at all of our other locations call: 614-566-0750air conditioning unit room size The main office accepts the first 25 walk-ins from 8:30 am to 10 am, Monday through Friday.charging window unit air conditioner Our hours of operation for appointments are 10 am to 4 pm and Wednesdays until 6 pm. Neighborhood location visits are by appointment only. See site locations for hours. All offices are closed between 12 pm and 1 pm, Monday through Friday and all day on state and federal holidays.