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[โ€“] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are northerners born in fridges?

yes.

As a midwesterner here. Anything above 75f is uncomfortable for me, i either have to be functionally naked (or literally) or in a cooler temperature to be comfortable.

It also varies from person to person, although i've noticed commercial buildings will often have a lower temperature, idk why this is, might be regulation, might be social policy, something or other, who knows.

[โ€“] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Now it makes total sense. But for real, that bit about commercial buildings is the stuff I talk about. Sometimes it's freezing and it has its toll in health too.

im not sure how much of a toll on health it would have, unless maybe you're deathly allergic to air. Aside from like environmental impacts and stuff obviously, but there's gotta be a reason lol.

https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/bookstore/standard-55-thermal-environmental-conditions-for-human-occupancy

seems like standards exist, another proposed idea i've seen is oversized HVAC, which would make sense.