It was only the second week of school, but some students at Anderson Elementary in Houston Independent School District were already feeling the heat ā literally. Parents received notifications Monday morning about air conditioning issues at the school, prompting some to pick up their children early.
As temperatures soar across Houston, some renters say they are facing the summer heat with little relief ā because their air conditioning systems are not working properly inside their homes.
Some of us have been told it's more energy-efficient and cost-effective to turn off our air conditioning when we leave home for work.
Thousands of Houstonians have already applied for public housing after waitlists reopened for the first time in nearly three years.
Some air conditioning repair companies are telling homeowners they must replace their entire HVAC systems due to new refrigerant regulations, but industry experts say thatās not the case.
Itās heating up in Houston, and while most people are reaching for water and cranking up the AC, your car needs just as much attention in this weather.
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KPRC 2 Investigates' deep dive into questionable contracts at the Houston Housing Authority revealed the agency paid some small businesses millions with no significant work history millions of dollars. One contractor explains how he was caught up in a scheme to pay a Chicago clothing company for work he did.
Houstonās Investigative team is not stopping anytime soon. The KPRC 2 Investigation into questionable Houston Housing Authority contracts has uncovered a bizarre business hired to help in Houston. Investigator Amy Davis has part three of the deep dive into contracts costing us millions of dollars.
Advocates say air conditioning is no longer a luxury but a public health and affordability issue.
KPRC 2 Investigates confirmed though multiple sources that Houston Police Department Assistant Chief Milton Wyatt Martin (AC), who oversees the Professional Standards Command of HPD, including the Internal Affairs Division, is no longer on the Executive Team.
A local dentist is sending out a warning to other business owners after his commercial AC unit was stolen from his practice in the middle of the night.
A woman says she and her three young sons have been forced to live in hot, moldy conditions for three months now, at her Cuny Homes apartment in Third Ward.
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Refrigerants are chemical fluids that have made air conditioning and refrigeration possible, but they are hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful at warming the planet than carbon dioxide, the most notorious greenhouse gas.
According to New Caney ISD, there are a total of 116 buses in the district, six of them are without AC. Those six buses have the shortest routes, 30 minutes or less. The district said there may be AC issues from time to time, but when an issue arises, maintenance fixes it as quickly as possible.
With the summer temperatures still soaring, KPRC 2ā²s Amy Davis recently asked our viewers and users how much their latest electric bill read.
We are getting more answers this Wednesday about the ongoing air conditioning problems at several Houston fire stations.
The Houston area is seeing triple digit heat and one Missouri City woman is fed up and said sheās been living without air conditioning for days. She said her landlord isnāt helping.
According to HFD, five fire stations and three support facilities are currently having issues with air conditioning. HFD said Station 33 had a brand-new AC installed last week.
A man who Harris County sheriffās deputies said is wanted in connection to the death of an AC repairman has been arrested and is expected to appear in court Friday morning.
It's hot and gas prices remain high. That means your air-conditioner is working hard -- even when you do use our handy-dandy trick of using the recirculate button in your vehicle.
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