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It's not quite that simple. If everyone was being parsimonious with heat, yes. But I tend to turn my heat down to 50 at night and 65 during the day and if all m
by lukeschlather 4y ago
It's not quite that simple. If everyone was being parsimonious with heat, yes. But I tend to turn my heat down to 50 at night and 65 during the day and if all my neighbors do 60 at night - 70 in the day, then on many days I can't really cool my apartment to 50 just because of their waste heat.
And in colder damper climates I do this intentionally to help inhibit mold growth etc. so am I free riding or are my neighbors causing my apartment to overheat?
- luckylion 4y agoI'm sure it gets fuzzy on the edges, but "I don't heat and it's still warm" isn't in that zone. What I'm talking about is: given you want ~18°c/60°f in rooms on average (20°c/68°f for more comfort), and you have a fixed volume of space inside a building, you're not magically saving energy by turning your heat down, because your neighbors need to turn theirs up to achieve the average temperature because insulation is mostly on the outside, not between flats. You could counteract that by insulating your rooms towards your neighbors, which would also achieve your goal of not going above 10°c/50°f.
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