Air conditioning in Europe: labels, rules and country guides
The EU frames every purchase — the energy label, the F-gas refrigerant schedule, certified installation — and each country adds its climate, its ownership rate, its permissions and its heatwave memory. Equipment guides first, then the countries.
Equipment
Portable ACPortable ACs in Europe: what the EU energy label really says, single-duct physics and losses, renter-friendly …Split ACInstalling a split AC in Europe: EU energy label and SEER, F-gas 2024 refrigerant shift, certified-installer r…Heat pumpAir-to-air heat pumps across Europe: SCOP by climate zone, why Nordics lead adoption, subsidy landscape by cou…
By country
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
Guides
- The EU energy label for air conditioners, read properly
- The F-gas Regulation 2024/573: what changes for cooling in Europe
- Portable vs split in Europe: renting, rules and the real math
- Europe’s heatwaves: the record of a continent warming fastest
- AC noise rules in Europe: keeping the neighbours (and the law) calm
- Cooling with heat pumps: Europe’s accidental air conditioning
BTU calculator · French market in depth: claude-ac.com (FR).