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Shopping for Stylish Fans with Ron Rezek
The New York Times

The Otto Fan It's August, and here in New York it's hot, hot, hot. From what we've read, fans are more energy-efficient than AC units.* The New York Times recently went shopping for portable fans wi...

Simple Green: Turn Off the Fan

Here's a current debate in our house: If a fan is on in a room and there’s no one around to feel it, does it cool the air?...

How To: Cool Off Without the AC

It's hot. We mean ... well, most of you know what we mean. The cats have crawled off to lie on the floor of the shower -- it's dark and relatively cool there. We've stripped down to the lightest ...