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People always underestimate how hard indoor air quality is. Vast majority only concern themselves with the temperature, whereas you want to at least consider C
by antisthenes 6y ago
People always underestimate how hard indoor air quality is.
Vast majority only concern themselves with the temperature, whereas you want to at least consider CO2 levels, humidity and particle quantity (dustiness).
You also want to consider the direction in which the air moves when it gets returned to the HVAC unit, and where it comes back in later, and the level of filtration vs air flow.
And you might have to retrofit all of that into an old shoddy building.
- porknubbins 6y agoOnce I started measuring all those things in my old apartment I realized that and now only want to live in a newer space with forced air and a humidifier. Currently we have retrofit 2 ACs, 3 humidifiers and an air cleaner with HEPA filter.
- copperx 6y agoHow did you measure all these parameters?
- pbadg3r 6y agoThere are lots of ~$150 meters on Amazon. (e.g. https://www.amazon.com/GZAIR-Temperature-Relative-Humidity-0-9999ppm/dp/B0829ZWQVP/ https://www.amazon.com/GZAIR-Temperature-Relative-Humidity-0...) I've used some of these meters and the quality you can get for $150 is surprising! I've basically just held meters near filters, windows, and fans to understand air quality.