Park Millennium
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Resident • 2007
5/16/2007
Mgmt Restricts A/C Usage - Temperature in Units Over 80 Degrees Farenheit
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. <br><br>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.<br><br>E-mail from March 14, 2007 which suggests using window film to reduce the heat:<br><br>Window films (aka heat rejection films) reduce the amount of infrared,<br>visible, and UV radiation entering windows. This radiation occurs even<br>when it's 100% cloudy. Now, window films can actually reduce this<br>exposure by almost 80%. Furthermore, the reason why your unit remains<br>warm at night is pretty much similar to a Greenhouse Effect. In a<br>nutshell, solar radiation heats up the surfaces within your unit. The<br>longer the object is exposed to the heat source, the more heat that it<br>absorbs. Hence, your unit remains warm at night. In any case, and as I<br>have stated many times before, these warm room temperatures only happen<br>during unseasonably warm days (when not enough residents<br><br>The reason why I suggested open windows or window films is because both<br>methods work. In any case, these window films are used extensively<br>throughout the area in both, residential and commercial buildings.<br><br>Again, the HVAC system is computerized in order to minimize utility<br>expenses and, consequently, pollution. Expenses that can be, quite<br>frankly, very high. Thus, manually switching on the AC is absolutely out<br>of the question.Share This Review
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