On Dec 11, 2006, at 1:09 PM, Gar Lipow wrote:
> On 12/11/06, Andy F <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/10/06, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>> It sounded like the heat was centrally controlled and the AC not.
>> There's nothing unusual about this -- the crude version is to open a
>> window when the heat is too high. I've done it too.
>>
>
> Sure - but Carrol seem to suggest there might be a reason why it might
> be technically neccesary.
In this case, it's a combination of old, building-wide, steam radiator heat (which can't be controlled by tenants) combined with individual office AC. The combination of running AC to compensate for overheating suggests to me that energy needs to be a lot more expensive.
Doug