How To Insulate A Window Air Conditioner For The Winter

The wasted energy from the spaces surrounding window AC units is truly staggering. In a study titled There Are Holes In Our Walls, commissioned by the Urban Green Quango, it was estimated that, in NYC lonely, estrus loss from room air conditioners results in costs of more $150M per year in excess fuel!

However, if y'all are i of those unlucky plenty to sleep near a window Air-conditioning unit, the problem is much more personal. The heat and humidity that seep through in the summer months, and the cold drafts that blow in during the winter, are plenty to frizz even the straightest hair and penetrate the warmest blanket. The available solutions, until now, have been cosmetically unappealing, hygienically gross, and totally inadequate to solve the problem.

Everyone I take e'er lived with has had a different "genius" solution. These included paper-thin boxes, towels, and pieces of black foam that never seemed to stay in place for long. Every solution had three things in common. It was ugly, dingy, and didn't work. And the cold air would seep through all forth the edges.

There are also diverse products available to cover the entire AC unit in the wintertime months, mostly consisting of material with an elastic ring. The problem with these are threefold: they practice a poor job of covering the AC unit of measurement itself, they completely ignore the side panels which account for well-nigh of the estrus loss, and they are prohibitively ugly. As noted past the Urban Light-green Council in their written report, "Unfortunately, these products merely cover either the evaporator or condenser portion of the air conditioner unit of measurement and get out the accordion wings, where the majority of the air leakage occurs, completely open up."

BreezeStop aimed to solve all 3 problems: provide skilful insulation, pleasing aesthetics, and a cleanable surface.

Our solution consists of two layers of grade-fitting insulation.

BreezeStop addresses all the places around a window AC unit where air leaks occur - the side panels, the expanse above the Ac unit of measurement, andthe areas to a higher place the side panels (oft where the almost air is lost). The top panel of the BreezeStop insulation kit is designed to class-fit to a higher place the Air conditioning installation bar and attach directly to the window pane, roofing the "holes in the wall".

The in facing insulation layer is made from white vinyl which is designed to friction match indoor apartment walls and provides a more than "built in" look for the Air-conditioning unit. The vinyl covers the corrugated, impossible-to-clean, side panels and is piece of cake to make clean or even wallpaper. The panels fit most windows (cheque for size) and can be cut for any size window AC unit.