Checked for accuracy by our qualified verifiers and subject experts. Find out more about fact-checking at CHOICE. Air conditioners and evaporative coolers can both achieve whole-of-house cooling. But ...

One exception is evaporative coolers, but I'll get to that later. BTUs, or British Thermal Units, are measurements of thermal energy. All air conditioners have a BTU rating, and it's the most ...

When it comes to really effective cooling that doesn't involve installing a full-home AC system, you're looking at portable air conditioning vs evaporative cooling, but what are they, and what are ...

This is similar, but acts more like an evaporative cooler (not really a traditional air conditioner but it does the job). It uses a LOT less energy than an air conditioner unit so there won’t ...