Businesses have different needs for portable air conditioning and should shop for these units in different ways. For example, if a copy machine business needs air conditioning, they would probably need several portable units to offset the heat from the copiers. If a day care had need of a portable air conditioning unit, they would probably only need one unit for each room of the building they occupied. The needs of the business will determine how the owner chooses the portable air conditioning units.

The first thing to consider is product that is being cooled. If one’s business is related to humans, like a day-care or assisted living facility, one will need a portable air conditioning unit in each room that is being occupied. There are bathrooms and kitchens to consider as well. If one owns a bakery, the kitchen area will need at least 3 to 5 of the units, depending upon how big it is. The front of the store will need a few units to make certain the customers are comfortable and the baked goods do not go bad or wilt in the heat. If one owns a mechanic shop, the only real need for a portable air conditioning unit would be in the office, as the employees would be working outside anyway.

The second thing to consider is the amount of area that the unit can cool before it stops being effective. This information can be found on the box of the unit. Then, the square footage of the shop can be divided by the effectiveness of the unit and the owner will know how many portable air conditioning units they will need to purchase. This can cut into one’s profit margins, so knowing exactly how effective the unit is will help cut down expenses at the end of each month.

The third thing to consider is the cost to run the units. There are some units which give an estimate of how much electricity they use each hour. If one takes that information and multiplies it by the cost of an hour of electricity, they will know how much they will have to budget to run each unit. For example, if a unit uses 15 joules of electricity per hour and one joules of electricity costs the company 50 cents, then it would cost them $7.50 per hour to run one unit. If they had 7 units running for 8 hours a day, it would cost them $420 per day. As with anything, the budget is the bottom line. Adding one unit at a time may be a safe way to go to save one’s budget.