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Genuinely curious, what are the advantages of a CO2 monitor? I mean, I get you can “track air quality” but what exactly does that mean on day to day basis?
by licebmi__at__ 2y ago
Genuinely curious, what are the advantages of a CO2 monitor?
I mean, I get you can “track air quality” but what exactly does that mean on day to day basis?
- crazygringo 2y agoIt means you know when to open the windows more to maintain fresh air. I think much better and am in a better mood when CO2 levels are lower, or when air is fresher generally (the two generally correlate). But I don't want to keep my windows wide open all the time because that wastes AC or heat. So if the monitor is reading above 650, I open windows a little bit. If it's reading over 800, I open them wider. If it's under 550, I'll go back to closing them. It's just a few times a day, but it really helps. And it's not something I can "tell" otherwise easily, because if I have brain fog or am in a bad mood then high CO2 is just one of many possible reasons -- is my blood sugar low? Did I get enough sleep? Etc. A CO2 monitor feels just as essential to my health as weighing myself every day, no bright or blue lights two hours before bed, not overeating carbs, and so forth. It really helps with my overall alertness and productivity in a major way.
- moooo99 2y agoI‘m genuinely curious, but isn’t a CO2 sensor an unnecessary high tech solution considering you could just open your window once a day for a few minutes and let the air exchange?
- zefhous 2y agoDHH gave a talk about this a while ago with good citations to studies about CO2 concentration and other VOCs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRqh8oLY7Ik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRqh8oLY7Ik