Are heat-pumps used in a lot in the EU?
I will say I am pretty AC pilled, but if the it takes off in Europe more I hope they go the route option of last resort and do everything else first. Unfortunately in the US when was introduced it was seen as a sign of wealth to have central air AC be THE only method of cooling the home we have a ton of places not built for anything else.
No planned shade trees, no air flow routes from outside air, no fans or ceiling fans that too decorative to be effective, no misting systems, etc
At least more efficient windows are taking off.
Worse yet, many apartments here has the tenets pay electric bills so the incentive to have been efficient from the landlords is next to nothing.
It kinda better, summers aint gonna get any cooler
The “good thing” is that for many cities the required but quite simple step of integrating vegetation planning into city and urban design such as trees along streets will help massively.
Tbh I find the main issue is being hot and sweaty where ever you are contacting a bed or sofa. That could be solved with just a decent cooling pad to sit on.
Also really hot when I get in from a bike ride. But that is going to happen most of the year regardless of AC.
Depends on where you are, we had (officially) over 43°C, and that’s more life threatening than inconveniencing.
Good point. I live near the sea and it doesn’t seem to get as hot here.
How’s the humidity when it’s really hot?
