"Cooling is one of the major concerns in building tropical houses. This problem is exacerbated by the heat gain of the roof, which constitutes 70% of the total heat gain. ". There are two major type of cooling mechanism - active and passive cooling, and aircon is one of the traditional active cooling that consumes a lot of energy.
I have seen a lot of forums about how to select the horse power of a air-con, and most of us calculate the room size. The question is, how accurate is your choice to select an aircon of that size based on room size while other factors contributes significantly to the cooling effect, particularly in hot country like Malaysia.
Therefore, I create this forum to "newly" discuss about this traditional cooling device, hopefully, with better accuracy. The below link shows how you shall select the HP of an aircon when your room is facing west or non-west.. but it still many factors are ignored.
https://www.2ndsworld.com.au/air-con-size-chart
Have fun.
I have seen a lot of forums about how to select the horse power of a air-con, and most of us calculate the room size. The question is, how accurate is your choice to select an aircon of that size based on room size while other factors contributes significantly to the cooling effect, particularly in hot country like Malaysia.
Therefore, I create this forum to "newly" discuss about this traditional cooling device, hopefully, with better accuracy. The below link shows how you shall select the HP of an aircon when your room is facing west or non-west.. but it still many factors are ignored.
https://www.2ndsworld.com.au/air-con-size-chart
Have fun.