* Some additional factors may interfere with the number of BTUs in the calculation.

What are BTUs?

British Thermal Unit (British Thermal Unit). A unit of power that measures the amount of energy required to raise or cool the temperature.

The important thing to look out for is whether the unit has sufficient BTU to provide necessary cooling for your room as well as how much energy it is consuming while doing so. As a general consensus around 45BTU is required for cooling an area of one square foot but this can vary depending on many factors like ceiling height, sunlight exposure, no of windows, no of outside wall, insulation material of wall and so on.

Simply putting an air conditioner which has a BTU rating much higher than what is required for the room is also a bad practice as the air conditioner will operate only for short cycles and won't run long enough to reduce the indoor humidity to a comfortable level. Added to this the higher energy usage and cost of the unit. You can always try our BTU calculator if confused about which capacity to choose or give us a call and we can help you find a unit suitable for your space and application.

1 TON = 12,000 BTU