@jeffw@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoTIL about “passive houses,” building that are airtight and require barely any energy to heat or coolen.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1211arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkTIL about “passive houses,” building that are airtight and require barely any energy to heat or coolen.m.wikipedia.org@jeffw@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@reddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoDo the windows not open? Sounds like a good candidate for “sick building syndrome”.
minus-square@ludwig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoAccording to the article the windows do open. And of course they do. The building is designed to be well insulated, not to make you comfortable. If the owner wants to let air in or out, of course they should be allowed to do that.
minus-square@reddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoYou never know. A lot of modern buildings (at least in the US) do not have windows that open. It’s a pet peeve of mine. Modern public school buildings are particularly poorly designed in this regard.
Do the windows not open? Sounds like a good candidate for “sick building syndrome”.
According to the article the windows do open.
And of course they do. The building is designed to be well insulated, not to make you comfortable.
If the owner wants to let air in or out, of course they should be allowed to do that.
You never know. A lot of modern buildings (at least in the US) do not have windows that open. It’s a pet peeve of mine. Modern public school buildings are particularly poorly designed in this regard.