subject: Air Con Is A Needed Luxury! [print this page] Air conditioning is a mechanism for introducing the cold air in the hot area to make its environment more comfortable. Air conditioning is normally used when temperatures rise above 70 degrees. Its usage is normal in offices, houses, retail stores, cars and the restaurants.
Heat is a necessity which all homes must have. However, when heat warnings are there, lack of AC could pose problems for several elderly people who reside in the older homes made of bricks. In the absence of air cooling, these kinds of homes virtually turn into ovens on reaching certain temperatures and can even cause death.
Air conditioner are mainly used in the summer months when the temperatures soar. It is due to this reason that electricity bills are higher in the months of summer! Several electric companies are offering many budget billing schemes, which can help you in balancing out the lows and highs into a constant payment monthly. The budget billing is based on the usage of electricity and increases with the usage.
Two types of air conditioners are mainly used in homes. Window types units which are placed in the windows. These are used for cooling just the room in which they are placed. Some expensive units can cool the surrounding rooms as well. Windows air conditioners run on the electricity and are placed in windows to throw hot air of room outside and replacing it with cool air from the A/C. In place of the window air conditioners, wall air conditioners are normally used now a days.
Many new buildings and homes have central AC built in during the construction stage itself. In this the central air conditioning runs through the entire built up area or house and the actual cooling unit is placed outside. A thermostat regulates the temperature inside the house and old manual thermostats had to be manually adjusted for achieving the desired temperatures. Newer thermostats can be programmed to provide certain temperatures during certain set times of the day.
AC is also available in most of the new cars now a days. When temperature is really hot outside, air conditioning provides immense comfort to the people inside the car during long travel.
With new technology, many improvements have come in the air conditioning techniques and systems. As time goes by, air conditioners will turn more energy efficient and provide more cooling than before.
