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Originally Posted by pepper24
My experience with air conditioners are they are useless and a waste money with Calgary's climate. Places like Kelowna to some degree and warmer climates they are a necessity.
I had one in my last home and our most recent home we built I made sure not to add one. The cost and benefit doesn't add up in Calgary's climate where we might have a few days in the summer where it'd be a luxury to have. I shut the shutters and windows during the day and open the windows at night. Cheap and effective. Tomorrow we are back to normal weather and all will be good.
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That's a pic from my van yesterday. ZOMG!
Whether or not an air conditioner is important depends on your house. We live in a new neighbourhood with no tall trees for shade. We have a walk-out basement and the rear of our house faces west. That's three stories of 7' windows facing the sun from about 12:01 pm until the sun sets. Our air conditioner runs from April - October. Without ac our house is uninhabitable.
