Mgmt Restricts A/C Usage - Temperature in Units Over 80 Degrees Farenhei
From:
parkmillresi
Date posted:
5/16/2007
Years at this apartment:
2005
-
2007
The management office prohibits use of the A/C system which keeps the temperature in the units very high. They show litte interest in the comfort level of the residents are are unresponsive to requests to turn on the air conditioning. Notably, the reasons they cite for restrictions surrounding A/C usage run counter to the interest of the residents and include environmental and financial, but completely ignore the comfort level of residents.
Quotes from an e-mail written by the management office in response to the issue are below. The first and last names of the individuals are removed.
E-mail from March 14, 2007 which suggests using window film to reduce the heat:
Window films (aka heat rejection films) reduce the amount of infrared,
visible, and UV radiation entering windows. This radiation occurs even
when it's 100% cloudy. Now, window films can actually reduce this
exposure by almost 80%. Furthermore, the reason why your unit remains
warm at night is pretty much similar to a Greenhouse Effect. In a
nutshell, solar radiation heats up the surfaces within your unit. The
longer the object is exposed to the heat source, the more heat that it
absorbs. Hence, your unit remains warm at night. In any case, and as I
have stated many times before, these warm room temperatures only happen
during unseasonably warm days (when not enough residents
The reason why I suggested open windows or window films is because both
methods work. In any case, these window films are used extensively
throughout the area in both, residential and commercial buildings.
Again, the HVAC system is computerized in order to minimize utility
expenses and, consequently, pollution. Expenses that can be, quite
frankly, very high. Thus, manually switching on the AC is absolutely out
of the question.
|
|
I'm the author!
Free estimates on moving trucks
Free quotes on movers
