Questions tagged [air-conditioning]

Scenario 1: Ice blocks are harvested from frozen river in early January, then stored in underground cellars. When summer comes, the same district heating network is used for circulating cold water. Scenario 2: Ice blocks harvested in the manner of…

I smoke in my home office room which is 20x30 feet. I have a wall mounted 12000btu aircon in the wall, and want to put a window fan, one of those 10 inch high and as wide as the window with twin fans to suck some of the smoke out. I vaguely…

Would blowing a fan on yourself and easing the AC save energy on hot days? Assume we keep the feels-like temperature the same. For example, 23 °C with still air and 28 °C with a fan may feel similar. An aimed box fan on a medium setting shouldn't…

During the summer is it more desirable to have storm windows open, partially open, or closed? I have old wooden, single-pane windows with aluminum storm windows and I have installed energy film on the windows. There is some draft if I do not…