Translation to celcius for this tweet linking to a New Report on recommended temps for energy efficiency. It caused a huge Twitter fuss with everyone saying how high these temps were, that babies would die, etc, etc.
· 25.5C when you’re home
· 29.5C when you’re not home
· 27.5C when you’re sleeping
But this looks totally reasonable to me, especially because these are the actual temperatures I live with in summer (when it’s 40ºC outside). I set my A/C to 25C when I am home, if the indoor temp goes above 28C, and it usually settles at about 26C. I turn it off when I’m not home, and then it can hit 28-30C, especially during the afternoon. If I’ve been out in the evening I cool the place down for about an hour before bed and when I get up in the morning it’s usually 26-27C.
And even this costs me a small fortune. My gawd, if I left the thing on all day and night I’d be broke. At night a fan is enough, and I also have a fan going in the living room when the A/C is on to move the cool air around. How about you?
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Sounds about the same as we do. Around 25 is fine inside for us. If it goes above 28 it’s unpleasant.
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Do you use fans? I have one in every room.
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I Think you are absolutely right Bout .
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I keep the thermostat at 76 Fahrenheit day and night, and there’s no apologizing for it. First off I work out of the house, and I’m in the swamp of greater Washington, DC, yes it was literally built on a swamp, and it is not just hotter than the hinges of Hell (we touched 100 several times in July) but soggy, saturated, and fetid. You open the door to the porch at eleven at night and you might as well be walking into a locker room where the whole gym class just took their communal shower. There’s no AIR in the air. It’s always been bad, and now with climate change well under way, it’s relentless. On a less scorching day, I catch myself having to toggle down the thermostat occasionally just to get the moisture out of the inside air, and that’s with a dehumidifier running in the laundry room. If I tried to manage with just a fan at night (and I’ve got some of the best fans in the market going in every room), I’d never sleep. There is literally condensation on the windows when I wake up in the morning.
The power bill is averaged by the company and I end up paying about what I make in a day, give or take, split with the Engineer now which is a blessing. It’s worth every penny.
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No need to apologize! I should probably do an averaged bill too. In summer I pay way more than I make in a day. But I also think it’s a North American thing to keep heat and A/C going all the time. I know in your case it’s also necessary because you have clients come to the house, plus you need to for your own comfort. In parts of Canada if you don’t keep the heat on all winter then pipes will freeze and burst. I don’t think I ever lived anywhere there that had A/C.
I just noticed that in England, and especially in Spain, people tend to be more frugal when it comes to paying for personal comfort. I got used to that and will still put on up to three layers (and a scarf) in winter before turning on the heat, but in summer there’s only so much I can take off, and to be honest even being totally naked wouldn’t help when it’s 40º. In Canada people keep their homes at t-shirt wearing temperature year round. At my place the heat usually goes on when it’s 19º or less, and A/C when it’s 29º or more (inside).
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Remember that photo I posted of my hotel room in Seoul during the winter where I keep it at 9c? 😀
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Well I think we can all agree that you’re an anomaly when it comes to body temperature, Mel. 😉
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