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The house is probably gigantic. Houses in the US tend to be pretty large to begin with[1]. In newer cities that have a lot of land to expand into (entire new s
by adrianmonk 4y ago
The house is probably gigantic.
Houses in the US tend to be pretty large to begin with[1]. In newer cities that have a lot of land to expand into (entire new subdivisions in the suburbs), the average house is around 2500 feet^2 (~230 m^2).
But houses in the US also tend to only have one AC unit for the entire house. So if a house has three AC units, it is probably even larger than average. It could be 3000-4000 ft^2 (~275-375 m^2).
And naturally it takes a lot of energy to heat and cool all that space.
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[1] https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/2016/09/08/the-growth-of-urban-american-homes-in-the-last-100-years/ https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/2016/09/08...
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoThis is incredibly regional: in the south east ya, I guess you have lots of space and a not so great climate to deal with. Houses on the west coast might just have heat pumps, maybe...and not even a central AC unit (instead, you get a separate heat pump unit for each room you want to heat/cool, our 2016 house has two units, but the first floor lacks any AC at all and only has small conductive heaters). Our electric bills are super low, however (mostly because...we don't need to really use heat all that much, and maybe AC a couple of weeks per year).