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A sprawling yard to put things on is a very american thing.
It could be a thing for any rural house in countries that have the land for it.
Yes, but the vast majority of Europeans are not rural -- and unlike Americans, they aren't suburban, either.
You and the commenter above are blowing my mind. How much land do you think an HVAC unit requires?! You simply install it on the north side of the house/apartment/whatever, out of the sun.
I know it doesn't require much land, but there isn't any land available in population dense areas. Roof installations would be required for row houses and situations like that.
Sure, if you're downtown or something, but my understanding is that most people don't live downtown, but instead just outside of urban areas.
The OP is about a different country, it's possible 'most people' in that place do live 'downtown'. But even if it's not most, still there's a whole lot of people in every country who live in bigger density situations, often there is no ground level outside space free for new installations.
Sure. I can't really place where they're from given the picture, but I'm guessing something in the Americas south of the US? If so, there's probably plenty of space.
But yeah, it's possible, I just think in many areas, a meter square pad is doable.
Say what? They sit on 1 sq. meter slabs. Are you thinking HVAC units are the size of RVs?!
Ah yes, let me put a 1 sq. meter concrete slab on my French balcony.
Ok and where are you gonna put 20 of those next to an apartment building
This doesn't look like an apartment building.
And the apartments near me have them just behind the complex, usually under the overhang from the roof. If you have a balcony or whatever, it'll be just below/next to that. Most apartments are only 2-3 floors anyway, and there's plenty of horizontal space to fit one per unit, or ideally you just include HVAC into the rent so you don't need as many units. The apartment I lived in had trees next to it, so they stuck them between the trees and the complex.
They also need clearance, they're supposed to have like 15' free above them and a couple feet on each side