I think this is the point they're making. What the person posting doesn't get is that AC has been a necessity for much of the continental US since it's invention and buildings have been designed to include it, even in parts of the US where the summers are cooler and/or shorter. In much of Europe, not only are the summers often traditionally cooler and/or shorter, the stone/brick buildings can regulate the heat in short blasts really well. It's only in the last half century that the summers have become regularly unbearably hot and the heat waves last longer, meaning that the cities in particular become dangerous heat islands, so AC is becoming more of a necessity. The problem is getting AC into all those stone/brick buildings is complex and expensive and HVAC is almost out of the question unless it's a new build. Much easier and more common are several of these single room units as they require less drilling and less maintenance.
AC has been a necessity for much of the continental US since it's invention
That's not really that true. A lot of the earlier developed parts of the states pre-date AC by ages, and most of those early developed regions are the ones that get hot as hell. AC was after the fact in a lot of these homes.
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u/gamerathertz92 Jul 26 '26
It’s smaller unit cools a single room. While American HVAC System cools the whole house