In addition to the points mentioned, air conditioning only accounts for a small fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions compared to heating, 4ish billion tons of CO2 vs just 1 billion for cooling.
And since over a third of homes globally have air conditioning, universal air conditioning would be responsible for less greenhouse gas emissions than current heating.
And to top it all off, if you install air conditioning, you get the most efficient form of heating, 3-5x more efficient than typical systems in Europe, basically for free.
Maybe I’m biased coming from Southeast Asia, but heat pump HVAC is nothing short of a miracle, and the weird attempt to make it right coded, particularly in Europe, is truly baffling
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In addition to the points mentioned, air conditioning only accounts for a small fraction of global greenhouse gas emissions compared to heating, 4ish billion tons of CO2 vs just 1 billion for cooling.
And since over a third of homes globally have air conditioning, universal air conditioning would be responsible for less greenhouse gas emissions than current heating.
And to top it all off, if you install air conditioning, you get the most efficient form of heating, 3-5x more efficient than typical systems in Europe, basically for free.
Maybe I’m biased coming from Southeast Asia, but heat pump HVAC is nothing short of a miracle, and the weird attempt to make it right coded, particularly in Europe, is truly baffling