Control Your AC with your Cellphone with a Kit from Con Ed

It’s only mid-July, and we’ve had one heat wave, and Con Edison had to dial down the voltage in several New York City neighborhoods to deal with power issues.

So it makes sense to listen when the company encourages customers to join a program called coolNYC to conserve energy and save money on their electric bills this summer.

Specially when it includes cool tech.

Sign up at coolnycprogram.com and receive a FREE ’Smart AC’ kit that turns any window air conditioner into a smart unit that can be controlled via a smartphone.

This allows you to cycle the unit on and off while you’re not home to keep pets cool, or to keep the unit off all day and turn it on an hour before you get home so the temperature is just right when you arrive.

You can also earn up to $125 in gift cards for joining.

Sign up is free, and if you stay connected and use the unit all summer, you can keep it forever.

Check out coolnycprogram.com