Portable Air Conditioners are the answer:
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/s_10153_12605_Appliances_Air+Conditioners_Specialty+Units
Awe, Man! Don’t let my Dad see those. He’s already obsessed with those “ceramic” room heaters. He runs those for 10 months of the year to keep his apartment “slightly below broiling.” I have to wear shorts and a tank top to visit him in the middle of February!
So if he discovers these A/C units, I’ll need to wear a Parka in August, LOL!
Then they’ll have to offer gooberment coupons to offset the price. :)
I agree, that is an easy workaround to the ban.
Before investing in a portable air condition, I suggest researching the topic. Many if not most of them are dramatically less energy-efficient than window-mounted units.
One reason is that the warm air has to be exhausted to the exterior. For every cubic foot of air you exhaust, you pull in another hot and humid cubic foot of outside air. Worse, many of them do not allow for the exhaust air to be shut off when the compressor shuts off, so you keep throwing your cool, dry air away and pulling in hot, damp outside air all the time the unit is on.
As you might deduce, I’m not a fan.