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First, what you have is likely a PTAC. As a HEATING element, it blows and is expensive. As an A/C, it's equivalent and does the exact same job as a window A/C, probably better, because it doesn't lose thermal mass thru the shitty fins of a window unit. So it's actually better than a window unit. I was going to get these when me and my fiancee considered staying at her old place before we moved, for when we didn't have window A/Cs installed. https://a.co/d/09T4KsAc Especially for an apartment with a PTAC, this seems like a great idea, as it can cycle out warm air thru the day without drawing too much power, then you use the PTAC when it gets too hot. I also linked the Alexa one because it's got some amount of smarts in it. If the PTAC plugs into the wall and you can see the plug, you can buy a smart plug and play them off each other (turn on fan in the AM, turn on PTAC in PM), or even better, get a smart thermostat and use temp to turn them on.