"Generally speaking, every six to eight ping of space in an office building requires one ton. A twenty story building with 500 ping per floor needs about l, 500 tons of air conditioning," estimates Tseng Tseng-hsiang, executive at an air conditioner company. Even just to change the main unit costs about NT $ 10,000 per ton.
「一般來說，辦公大樓每六到八坪的樓板面積需要一噸空調，一座高廿層、每層五百坪的萬坪大樓，約需要一千五百噸的空調」，仕台冷氣公司負責人曾增翔估計，而單單改裝主機，一噸空調的改裝費用約需要一萬元。