This is because the window air conditoner units do not have the capacity to cool the entire home, just the room in which they are located
I recently read a study about heat related illness. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke can both have detrimental health effects and can even lead to death. Head related illnesses are caused by dire heat and humidity. They can happen both indoors and outdoors, then many people do not realize that heat related illnesses can happen indoors because they think that all the people has access to air conditioning… Unfortunately this is not the case, and all cooling systems do not prevent heat related illnesses in the same way. I live in an part where the summers are so warm and humid, that there are often air quality warnings. If someone is indoors and they do not have air conditioning at all, opportunities are the temperature of their apartment can go up to 100 degrees. In this case, individuals inside that apartment would be at risk for heat related illnesses. The study showed that the people who suffered the most heat related illnesses were laboring outdoors in tasks such as construction. Second to that were individuals inside their homes with no air conditioning at all! People who had window cooling system units were still at risk for heat related illnesses, even though this data may seem surprising. The study showed that 30% of people who had window cooling system units instead of central air conditioning still suffered from heat related illness. This is because the window air conditoner units do not have the capacity to cool the entire home, just the room in which they are located. People with central air conditioning were the least likely to suffer from heat related illnesses.