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Honestly it's not that bad if the building is made right. Especially old stone houses that also happen to be surrounded by trees are absolutely godly in these scenarios (the down side is the heating bill in the winter :P or rather that used to be the downside...). I honestly wouldn't have ever considered an AC a couple years ago, but now that summer means a constant 30°C I'm reconsidering. Like bro, 30°C used to be a HOT exceptional couple days, not the entire summer!
How is AC being a game changer surprising?? When it is hot I see my contacts in the UK sitting with icepacks in their laps or with fans all around them spraying themselves with water. Imagine if the whole room was just a tolerable temperature, it isn't hard to picture. Seems odd.
(Yes I get it just isn't a thing there and they have buildings older than time itself...but still....)
My house always is cool anyway - it's well-insulated so heat doesn't come in unless I open a window, and I open the windows every evening when it's cool outside.
Air conditioning would just waste energy and increase humidity
Lots of places in the US don't even get to a comfortable temperature at night. Right now I'm in Pennsylvania which is pretty far north and the lowest it's going to get tonight is 80F with 80% humidity. It was 100F today with the same humidity. I actually got sick at work from it.
Honestly, for me a reason why humans shouldn't live in such places. For the Europeans here (that have not much clue of weird American units):
80 F = 26.667 C
100 F = 38 C
So you're trying to say most of North America is uninhabitable? I'm in North Carolina, the temperature and relative humidity were in the 90's yesterday. It's July.
I just got hit by beryl, it is hell on earth here right now. Now power for two days so far with temps arouns 90-95 f andn%100 humidity. Sleeping is now considered a water sport and no ac in sight.
The worst part? You cant cool off even with a fan, there's too much humidity forntour sweat to evaporate and cool you. I wish i at least had cold drinks
The other thing in the UK is that screen doors and windows are non-existent so if you want to open them for fresh air you're inviting all the bugs in as well
Seems minisplits are becoming more popular. Saw a truckload of them on the interstate a while back
they are great.
They are super efficient. They are relatively cheap. and they are super easy to install DIY.
Plus they are super easy to retrofit into older homes that dont have space for duct work.
Plus Plus, while the unit can only be in heating or cooling mode (so no heating one room while cooling another), you can control temperatures and even on/off on an individual room basis so you can have your bedroom at a frosty 61f while keeping the livingroom at a more reasonable 74.