To Ban Air-con

The whole UK is up north compared to Italy or Spain.

Im not up north Im in the south east

Nah. Air con is a must even in for for purpose buildings. When I lived in Queensland, the old style queenslander homes, while ok were nowhere near as good as having a/c. And the tube absolutely needs a/c!!

Im aware of that Im half Italian. My late uncle and my aunts house is concrete stone and marble.
I was just pointing out that its always us Brits who are told to go without and not only with air conditioning

Yep we have portable a/c units, yep it's on right now (right now I would marry it if I could) - we have solar panels, we have a house battery, and in this kind of weather we're basically generating electricity FOR the grid and then our house battery is full which runs the air con into the evening if it's really hot.

I am not going to feel guilty for it.

My one bedroom top floor social housing flat

1. Fire door and window restrictors. No gaps allowed for the former and windows only open a couple of inches Health and safety rules have turned flats into even worse sweat boxes.
2. The fridge freezer. It cant cope in these temps and conks out Im damn sure the eco warriors dont like the idea of wasted food either.
3. Bowel issues. Made a lot worse in this weather.
4. Food stored in cupboards including the hall cupboard has to be kept an eye on too. It cant all be stored in the fridge and it isnt meant to be.

Wtf?

When Paris was building the accommodation in the Olympic village (which was built to serve as council housing after the games), they didn't put the air-conditioning in, they just designed the building so it doesn't need it, it should be nice inside for the majority of the year and ok to live in the few hottest days in a year. The decision was based on the fact, that air-conditioning is not needed for living in Northern France.

It's absurd comparing the UK up north with Spain or Italy, but even in Spain and Italy there are many homes without air-con.

In my home we've started by putting up an outside sun blind, which shades the window most exposed to the sun. It takes a few degrees of and means it's ok inside.

I am not entirely sure how they will restrict that, but this will be down to past misuse.

I speak from extensive experience when I say that few follow attempts to limit AC use, often leaving them on when they go out or simply leaving them on while they are outside in the pool all day - leaving doors open.

We have found that those not used to using AC are the worst offenders. Nobody needs a decently maintained split unit AC running on 19 degrees!

With energy prices rising all the time, more restrictions will be put in place regarding holiday rentals and AC. Same as heating in the winter.

I'd like to ban flying too.

Can we choose if we give us air con or central heating? I’d rather give up central heating, don’t mind being cold and live in a well insulated mid terraced house, barely need central heating. I’m absolutely useless in hot weather!

I grew up before central heating and air con. Life was miserable when temperatures were either too low or too high. Also, try teaching 30 grouchy and sweaty kids in a classroom with inadequate cooling, particularly after a PE lesson! I appreciate being able to live in a comfortable home no matter what the weather conditions are.

Every single one of them should be made to spend the whole summer in a top floor flat in a social housing tower block.

Exactly this, they've all got aircon and when you rent an apartment that hasnt got it for holidays, they're considerably cheaper because no one wants to stay there!

The fact that the UK (looking at you OP) cheers for their own below standard quality of life, and even offers to pay for it, will never cease to amaze and infuriate.

There are growing demands to limit aircon to 25 or 26 degrees in hot parts of the world due to the energy demand. And my Greek holiday villa booking says it has restrictions than mean I can only use it between 10pm and 7am and no lower than 22 degrees. DH isn't happy.

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The French Can we have air conditioning Of course you can. The Spanish Can we have air conditioning Of course you can. The Italians Can we have air conditioning Of course you can The Brits, Can we have air conditioning No you bloody cant It adds to climate change!!!!!!!!!!

Modern heat pumps are really efficient and environmentally friendly. They reduce your carbon footprint massively.

No. Ban the word ban.

Your long term plan makes sense if there is a more climate friendly option available but YABU to suggest banning aircon in the meantime.
I should disclose that DH and I have aircon in our bedroom (installed end of last year) and it has been amazing for the last two nights to sleep properly.
In our defence we have had 11 solar panels on our roof for 15 years and we have 1 car which we rarely use.

Thank you for your kind words.

Similar to a PP, we couldn’t risk someone trying to get in, or even cats around here.

At some point, we will bite the bullet and have air con installed - outraging the OP even more.

I am quite used to heat from living in China but I have to say, the houses in the UK are just built to retain heat so temps on paper are only 25 which is not hot at all, but the house will be miserably stuffy. Something I hadn’t really expected.

People are forced to live in cheap red brick (absorbs heat), poorly insulated houses. Broken Britain strikes again.

That sounds really hard. Why can't you leave it on overnight if you don't mind me asking? Would some kind of limiter on the window help so it couldn't be opened fully, if it's a security or safety issue? I'm sure you've thought of that already though ☹️ I hope you find a solution.

Our homes are designed to retain heat. For many people, tomorrow’s temperatures are 8-12c lower
than today’s. It will not make any n difference to some people’s home temperatures

I'd agree OP only if we could stop working when the outside temperature exceeds 27c