Wow, isn't air-conditioning great? I just love the way it can do so many fabulous things all at once: spread diseases like Legionnaire's through an entire building; emit greenhouse gases; and throw your body out of whack by plunging you into near-freezing temperatures on a 38 degree day. But really, who am I kidding? Almost no-one wants to actually EXIST in 38 degree heat, so I guess air con is here to stay, and who's REALLY complaining?
Me. I HATE freezing air-con. I don't understand the point of it, when surely it could just be set to around body temp, which I presume (complete lack of scientific background possibly obvious?) is a comfortable heat for us. But office building air conditioning is ALWAYS terrible. It's either not working, and you're sweltering, or it's freezing cold. Sometimes there are just weird patches of the building in which the air con is at a different temperature to an area five metres away.
Most office air conditioners are 'centrally controlled', so that one has no control over one's own work area. This, to me, seems ludicrous. How can we have control over our own little air con fans in cattle class airliners, but not have a little autonomy in regards to our cubicles heat regulation?
So. I propose that this be rectified soon. Oh, and air-con should use grey water. Drought, water restrictions, etc. But that's been thought of already.
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well... body temperature is 37 degrees, so I'm not sure how much that cool you down on a 38 degree day (and I sure wouldn't want to use it on a 32 degree day!)
ideally you'd want the AC to be between 13-18 degrees to cool you down on a hot day, varying to different personal tastes.
(PS - that being said, I think Caroline would love a 37 degree AC!)
This is a brilliant idea! This would also stop people from having to use heaters on 38 degree days. (Believe me, this is actually quite common, it's not just me).
Yeah, after I wrote body temp, I went to check out what that temp actually was. This is why this is an IDEAS site, not a practical site- I expect someone else to check out all those niggly details...
When living in Indo, my air con was only ever set at around 22 degrees, and I could only have it on for about 20 minutes before being freezing. A 13 degree air con would KILL me. Yuk.
for some reason girls are more affected by the cold. I think its a circulation thing. I'll have to check it out...
also, temp of the AC is dependant on the size of the room/car etc that you are trying to cool down.
larger areas require cooler temps. for example, if you were trying to cool down a house ~15 degrees would be good (although a bit could around the actual AC), but if you were cooling down a car then ~18-20 degrees would be better
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