When most people think about air-conditioning, they think of traditional, expensive reverse cycle systems, but there’s a healthy, eco-friendly, and economical alternative available for your Canberra home. Evaporative cooling systems, also known as the “swampies” use water evaporation, a cooling process that happens naturally all around us, instead of refrigerants to achieve results.

With our summers here in Canberra getting hotter and hotter, while electricity costs are on the rise, evaporative coolers are the cheapest air-conditioners to operate.

Significantly cheaper than refrigerated air-conditioning, their performance is excellent and the case for choosing an evaporative cooler from Rinnai or Brivis is that they deliver impressive results in a traditionally dry climate like Canberra. Many units deliver the added benefit of working well when the windows are open, combining temperature management with fresh air in a way that a traditional air conditioning system can’t duplicate.