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This is so demonstrably false it needs calling out. The overall losses will be lower, which is easy to note by considering the heat flow across the outer envelo
by hgomersall 4y ago
This is so demonstrably false it needs calling out. The overall losses will be lower, which is easy to note by considering the heat flow across the outer envelope which scales monotonically with the internal temperature. If one apartment is at a lower temperature for whatever reason, the total loss to the outside will be lower. Yes, one apartment might need to produce more heat to compensate for a neighbour being cooler, but that would be more than compensated for by the savings of that cooler apartment. This is absolutely just insulation.
- ricardobeat 4y agoBut the apartment wasn’t colder, he says it stayed at 20C. That energy has to come from somewhere.
- hgomersall 4y agoYes, from the neighbours and internal generation. That's not disputed. What I was challenging was the idea that all the apartments being at the same temperature is a net saving (presumably over some of them being cooler as described in the GP).