Why Are People Opting out of Central Air Conditioning?

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Why Are People Opting out of Central Air
Conditioning?
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• Central air conditioning was once the gold
  standard, the desired form of cooling during hot
  summer months. Portable cooling systems such as
  portable air conditioners or air coolers were
  mainly purchased by apartment dwellers that lived
  in old buildings where central air conditioning
  was not an option.
• As portable cooling solutions developed and
  advanced, they have become equipped with so many
  bells and whistles that consumers have
  reevaluated their entire cooling choices and
  investments.

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Disadvantages of Central Air Conditioning

• Costly electricity bills
• Central air conditioning can be powerful and
  effective at cooling an entire home or condo, but
  is that whats really required for the typical
  household? How often is it necessary to cool
  every room in a house at the same time? The
  disadvantage of central air conditioning is that
  you pay for much more cooling than you likely
  need. Unfortunately, you dont have control over
  separate rooms so you pay to cool an entire house
  even when the entire family is in the living
  room.
• The high energy consumption of central air
  conditioning results in high monthly bills and
  with increasingly hot summers, electricity bills
  are climbing as energy consumption increases.
• If you want to analyze your central air
  conditioning costs, check out this online
  calculator to see how much money you are actually
  spending on central air conditioning.

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• Expensive to install  
• Installing central air conditioning in a home
  costs between 3,695 and 7,150. Portable air
  conditioners cost zero dollars to install as, do
  portable evaporative coolers.
• Expensive to fix
• Central air conditioning, not something an
  amateur can fix, so it can be quite expensive for
  a technician to make a service call and then
  spend time and parts on repairs that you must not
  only pay a huge price for, but keep up with
  regular maintenance.
• Requires strong insulation in your home
• The better the insulation the more effective
  central air conditioning will cool your home. If
  you need to repair or install new insulation for
  better cooling, this is another cost factor to
  consider. Alternatively, if you choose to live
  with poor insulation, this will contribute to a
  costly electricity bill. 
• Not portable/limited use
• Central air conditioning is just as it
  soundscentral. It is part of your home and
  cannot be moved to a summer home, to a cottage,
  from room to room (like portable air
  conditioners) or moved outside to use on your
  patio or backyard garden (like evaporative
  coolers).
• Not environmentally friendly
• Central air conditioning is not considered to be
  an environmentally friendly cooling option. If
  you use a portable air conditioner instead, which
  is more energy efficient than central air
  conditioning, you can also add an evaporative
  cooler to the mix, which is the most energy
  efficient cooling option, and alternate them
  depending on your preference. Both portable
  options are still significantly more energy
  efficient and cost-effective than central air
  conditioning.

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Plenty of stale air

• When using central air conditioning, it is
  imperative that your windows are closed. This
  leads to stale air and doesnt provide the
  ventilation for germs to escape. Even with a
  portable air conditioner you can still open the
  window in other rooms and allow fresh air to flow
  into an enclosed room, or with the use of an air
  cooler, you have the constant, refreshing
  airflow ventilating your home from an open window
  or door.

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