[Greenbuilding] Event was Split AC vs. Window AC

Gennaro gennarobc at gmail.com
Wed Jun 6 19:54:00 CDT 2012


David when is your talk?

Gennaro Brooks-Church
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On Jun 6, 2012 8:50 PM, "David Bergman" <bergman at cyberg.com> wrote:

>  Other, perhaps obvious, differences as well. The split unit will be
> quieter and can be placed where needed as opposed to wherever the window
> happens to be. You won't need to remove it in the winter.
>
> OTOH, installation will be more expensive.
>
> Somewhat (though not exactly) related, see this recent article in GBA:
> *Window-Mounted Air Conditioners Save Energy
> Compared to homes with central air conditioning, homes with window units
> have lower cooling costs
> *
> http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/musings/window-mounted-air-conditioners-save-energy?utm_source=email&utm_medium=eletter&utm_term=cooling-options&utm_content=20120530-wall-mounted-air-conditioner&utm_campaign=green-building-advisor-eletter
>
> David
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> At 08:39 PM 6/6/2012, Nick Pyner wrote:
>
> Probably not that good a comparison. After forty years, the split system
> might still be soldiering on bug very likely to have seen a few window
> rattlers come and go. Oh, and you get to open the window too.
>
>
> Nick Pyner
>
> Dee Why   NSW
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org<greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org>]On
> Behalf Of Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn
> Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2012 10:22 AM
> To: Green Building
> Subject: [Greenbuilding] Split AC vs. Window AC
>
>  An intern of mine just wrote this blog post, which concludes that it
> makes no sense to use a SEER 26 split AC and you are better off using a
> SEER 10 window unit. It would take something like 40 years to pay off the
> split AC IF his calcs are correct....
>
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