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This is assuming that installing an AC is an alternative.
I can't install one in my apartment, there's just no way to set up the outdoor unit for the bedroom. Our windows don't accommodate window units, being casement windows. That leaves portable units, which are not particularly effective, and on top of that forces a serious amount of sunlight into the bedroom, hence ruining the whole thing. Dawn is at 02:04 here, fwiw.
My only hope really is that my apartment building would install some kind of central cooling solution, which is an incredibly expensive endeavour.
This comment got me wondering how apartments can retrofit their central heat into some kind of climate control that goes both ways.
For apartments with ducts and forced air, it seems like the central furnace/boiler can probably be replaced with some kind of heat pump setup for more efficient heating in the winters, and reversed to provide cooling in the summers, through the same air ducts. The total cost/complexity would probably depend heavily on the space for the furnace and its service/maintenance, I imagine.
With steam/hot water radiators, though, I imagine it's even harder. Can these systems safely be modified to pump cold water?
Or, if they need to add ducts where none currently exist, that seems like it would be unbelievably complex and expensive, if people are going to be living there the whole time. Seems like a real challenge.
I'd be curious why it's impossible to set up a mini-split in your bedroom. That seems... Illogical. They are surface mounted pretty much anywhere externally, require a small hole to be drilled for the fluid exchange, and the mini split can fit inside any room on the wall or ceiling. Power shouldn't be a problem either as that's easy to wire through the same hole as the fluid exchange if need be.
Idk, I'm not an installer but the tech seems like you could make it work on a barn in the country or in the non-sensical backrooms - it's not very demanding.
You can mod the portable ones to be basically as efficient as the proper units by installing a second hose over the hot side intake and adding that to your window seal kit so there are two hoses. The only inefficiency left then is the exhaust hose acting as a bit of a radiator but especially if you place it by the window and keep the hose short, that's not really that big of a deal.
They are bloody noisy though. There are some properly split window units finally coming onto the European market that will be better for that but still very expensive
Get one of the portable ones and get one of those kits that seal around the hose to the window and then get some curtains.
There is not a single one in stock in the entire UK, plus dual hose versions are basically non existent here too.
Trying to buy an air conditioner mid heatwave probably won't work too well but if youplan ahead then maybe next year you'll have one ready instead of needing one and not having it
What if I invest money in AC and it will never be this hot again?
Look up split unit portable heat pumps such as the Midea PortaSplit or similar. They fix a lot of the issues with regular portable units and can also heat. They are however quite a bit more expensive.