An air-conditioner is a piece of equipment that treats and controls the air temperature, humidity and cleanliness. It transfers heat and humidity from one space into another.

At the heart of every air-conditioner is a compressor, which is a pump that circulates refrigerant through the cooling system. This refrigerant acts as a medium which extracts heat from one space and dissipates it into another. By circulating cool, dry and clean air through the room, an air-con helps keep you in cool comfort. The optimal temperature should be in the region of 24 degrees celsius at relative humidity range of 55 - 65%.

Toshiba's revolutionary twin compressor system :
- Is the only system that cools up to 5 rooms at one time
- Gives both power and economy
- Gives up to 50% in energy savings when cooling only one or two rooms

The Indoor Fan Coil Unit (FCU) is the part of the split unit housing the cooling coil that cools the room. Toshiba's fan coil units come with a double effect air purifying filter. A revolutionary feature comprising an electrostatic and carbon activated filter. This filtering technology attracts airborne microscopic particles like dust, pollen, viruses, smoke and odour to give you odourless, cleaner and healthier air. Only Toshiba offers the double effect air purifying filter as a standard feature found in all multi-split FCUs.

A window unit is a self-contained packaged air-conditioner. All components are housed within the unit. It is installed through an opening in the wall and no inter-piping connection is required.

A single split unit, as it's called, comprises 2 parts that make up a system air-conditioner — the outdoor Condensing Unit (CDU) and the indoor Fan Coil Unit (FCU). The CDU consists of the compressor and a heat rejecting condenser coil. The FCU is a cooling coil that cools the room. Interconnecting piping between CDU and FCU is required to run this system.

A multi-split unit consists of 1 condensing unit connected to more than 1 fan coil unit thus having the capability to cool multirooms. The CDU can be single compressor or multi compressors. Because of the design, single split units and multi-split units are quieter than window units.

To choose an air-conditioning system for your house, you need to:
- Decide on the areas that require air-conditioning.
- Have an aircon specialist determine the cooling capacity required.
- Determine the types of air-con that you want.
- Consider your budget.

Toshiba YouMe harnesses the combination of smart engineering, digital control technology and advanced chemistry to deliver the lowest energy consumption for a 5-tick IMS in Singapore while reducing the impact on global warming. The sleek design of the new YouMe seamlessly integrates into your home and helps create the comfort you need to dream big.