• VibeSurgeon@piefed.social
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      9 days ago

      Air conditioning is uncommon in homes in Northern Europe.

      Not only is it uncommon, our buildings are generally not set up for convenient installation of AC - window units are not compatible with our window types - nor have we put any effort into optimizing for keeping our homes cool, since the primary challenge we face is keeping our homes sufficiently hot for the vast majority of the year.

      Retrofitting all homes to cope with our new climate reality is going to be an immensely expensive endeavour.

        • spazzman6156@sh.itjust.works
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          7 days ago

          That could be a problem with your a/c configuration, or you just need dehumidifiers too. If you’re in a very humid climate, dehumidifiers can help air conditioners work better too.

    • stoy@lemmy.zip
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      9 days ago

      Swede here, in my 38 years, I have only been in one home here with AC.

      This summer me and my dad travelled down to the south of Germany to fly an airship, and to visit Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it was over 35C just about every day and only one hotel we stayed in had AC.

      Europe does not have AC at home for the most part.

      Offices is another thing completely though.