| Advantages | Drawbacks |
| Increase of overall energy efficiency in space cooling in buildings | Lack of existing successful DC systems using solar energy in the Mediterranean region |
| Decrease of carbon emissions due to energy use in buildings | Lack of regulating framework promoting DC in Mediterranean countries |
| Solar energy resources in the Mediterranean region are high | High space availability is required for the installation of solar energy systems |
| High building density exists in various tourism-dominated communities | The experience in solar energy systems using evacuated tubes or parabolic troughs which result in high efficiencies is limited. Use of solar thermal energy with flat plate collectors are mature and well-known systems which result in low total energy efficiencies |
| DC and solar energy technologies are reliable, mature and well proven | Local and regional authorities in Med countries have no experience in DC systems |
| High solar energy availability exists when space cooling is needed in Mediterranean region | DC systems require a high initial investment |
| Individual air conditioning systems are not needed in buildings using DC energy | Storage of chilled water is needed in order to be used when the solar irradiance is low |