bitprophet,
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Really wanna replace my central air with a bunch of ceiling-cassette minisplit heads or something.

Cooling the entire house at night: dumb. Having downstairs be chilly to keep upstairs livable: also dumb.

lukasa,
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@bitprophet I’m fitting a multi split as part of my renovation. We’re building several units into joinery, which is a neat idea our builder had.

SpaceLifeForm,

@bitprophet

Multi-story buildings are not energy efficient.

cks,
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@bitprophet Apparently per-room cooling is a common thing in Japan (or maybe broadly in Asia). You do sort of need ways to close off space for maximum effect; open plan space and open staircases could be problems.

Maybe those old house/apartment layouts with lots of walls and doors had some sense to them after all. Close the kitchen door, keep the heat in there...

joshourisman,
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@bitprophet they really are great. Plus Mitsubishi makes a ducted air handler that uses their same compressor so you can get most of the benefits of their fancy technology without having to put a wall/ceiling unit in every room by keeping some on the ductwork. (Our first floor is using ducts that already existed. Upstairs is using wall units.)

bitprophet,
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@joshourisman ya my home office suite has a 2 head, it’s nice

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