Worst case people open windows without effect, no?

joezydeco an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Opening windows can bring in pollen, dust, humidity, noise, and a lot of energy loss during cold winters and hot summers.

In a bedroom it might be worse than the elevated CO2 problem.

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dml2135 19 minutes ago | parent [-]

That’s a bit of a dramatic way to describe opening a window.

	▲	joezydeco 5 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I've been designing my own ERV system for the house and have been weighing all the options, so I had this list in my head. Nothing dramatic, just the reality. We have allergies and like sleeping in a cooler bedroom.

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bell-cot 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Nope. Opening windows is very often disallowed - whether socially, or you'd need a hammer, or the space doesn't have windows. Or opening windows would have other downsides - letting in rain, or too-hot/too-cold air, or pollution, or ...

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cucumber3732842 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Can't let those stupid workers open a window and ruin the efficacy of the precisely engineered hvac system that lets the building hit LEED Platinum or whatever

	▲	bell-cot 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah. But even when you can, how many bosses might forbid it - because there's already too many arguments over the thermostats, or it's kinda noisy outside, or HR warned 'em of lawsuits for doing that when the air pollution numbers are elevated, or whatever?