Heating in cold locations consumes much more energy than AC in warm locations: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014050/meta https://iop

Heating in cold locations consumes much more energy than AC in warm locations: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014050/meta https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014... "Energy demand for climate control was analyzed for Miami (the warmest large metropolitan area in the US) and Minneapolis (the coldest large metropolitan area). ... The results indicate that climate control in Minneapolis is about 3.5 times as energy demanding as in Miami."