Air conditioning related health problems

Why Germans don’t have air conditioning

Unlike the US or parts of Asia, many homes in Germany and northern Europe aren’t equipped to deal with extreme heat. But as the world gets hotter, trends are changing.

Deutsche WelleMartin Kuebler

… Around 90% of people living in the US have air conditioning at home, according to the US Department of Energy. In Europe, which has a similar climate, that figure is only about 20%, though it does vary across the continent. In a sunny southern country like Spain, around half of households have cooling, while in Germany it's around just 6%. … That leaves people in countries where around half the population rents — like Germany, Denmark and Austria — settling for less efficient cooling options.…

Less efficient? No, Europeans are not that dumb. They survived many plagues and disease epidemics in the Middle Ages.

Air conditioning units consume large amounts of electricity and are very noisy. So noisy it's difficult to have a normal family or business conversation in fact.

Dust and condensation collect on rarely cleaned and infrequently serviced evaporator coils and cause a sick building syndrome with black mold and Legionnaires’ disease.

Air conditioning is at least as deadly as a heavy smoking habit for those who live and work indoors.

Spanish tile roofs are better.