MovinCool Office Pro Series Green Portable Air Conditioners

The seven Office Pro models from MovinCool, a division of Japan's Denso Corporation, range from 12,000 to 60,000 BTU and are all relatively compact — the smallest, the Office Pro 12, measures 21x27x44 (WxDxH) — and fairly quiet, rated in the 50-70dB range as you go up in size. They're plug'n'play — just wheel 'em out — and according to the company can run for as little as 15 cents an hour in electrical and coolant costs. Each model has programmable digital controls for automatic evening and weekend operation. The half-dozen models range in list price from $3,655 to $12,495. (That's the 24,000 BTU Office Pro 24 pictured.)

The LEEDing edge of all this, as it were, is that they use the refrigerant R-410A (sold under such trademarked names as Carrier's Puron and inventor Honeywell's AZ-20), which unlike standard haloalkane refrigerants does not contribute to ozone depletion. Which means that as your co-op or condo strives to be greener — as who of us is not? — it's once again cool to be cool.

MovinCool / Denso Sales California, Inc. • 3900 Via Oro Avenue, Long Beach, Calif. 90810 • (310) 834-6352 • toll-free (800) 264-9573 • info2@movincool.com or use e-mail contact form here .

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