International. The Saudi Arabian government is banning the sale of air conditioning systems that are listed as large energy consumers. The campaign that began at the beginning of this year already has 50,000 computers seized for not meeting the requirements.
The local authorities have shown their concern about the high energy consumption that is being experienced in that country in recent years, so it is already directing projects oriented towards the use of solar and nuclear energy.
The custom in Arabia is to use air conditioning even in temperatures that do not exceed 20 degrees Celsius, forcing office workers to bundle up even in summer.
Currently, in winter the use of AC is meaning a consumption of about 110,000 GW / H per year, which means 51% of the electricity generated by the nation. In addition, with the use of equipment, energy can rise by up to 70% at peak times, motivated by the 20 million systems that increased their sales by around 12% in recent years.
