Thanks for this reminder. I read about this problem a long time ago but I forgot about it since. Very low effort required; I can just open the door to my room and window to allow for ventilation.
However, there may be conditions which prevent others from following this advice.
-During winter, opening windows will raise your heating bills like mad. A temporary solution is to wear thick and lower that thermostat but I think most won’t like this for long if they do even start trying. As of writing, I am in summer so opening the windows everywhere is not a problem.
-During night time, same reason as above. Also, you may catch a cold.
-Not everyone has a good ventilation system installed in their homes. Such system would indeed solve both problems I mentioned above but I live in an old house and I shudder at the cost of installing a good ventilation system in my home (not everyone’s rich!). Ventilation is a difficult problem regardless and I make an analogy to computer casing ventilation systems. If not setup/maintained correctly, hot/bad air may stubbornly stay in the casing/home.
-The region in which the home is in is very polluted. A really good ventilation is probably needed.
Anyways, I am thinking about buying up some air-purifying plants. Any other solutions I welcome.
During winter, opening windows will raise your heating bills like mad.
Opening several windows/doors widely for a few minutes every couple of hours, rather than keeping one of them open for longer times, is supposed to mostly prevent this, as this will exchange the air in your room without significantly cooling down floor/walls/furniture. But of course you’re still right that it’s a trade-off, and for some people it’s much easier to achieve consistently good CO2 levels than for others. For many it may be worth at least getting a CO2 monitor to be able to make better informed decisions.
“Keeping CO2 levels low”
Thanks for this reminder. I read about this problem a long time ago but I forgot about it since. Very low effort required; I can just open the door to my room and window to allow for ventilation.
However, there may be conditions which prevent others from following this advice.
-During winter, opening windows will raise your heating bills like mad. A temporary solution is to wear thick and lower that thermostat but I think most won’t like this for long if they do even start trying. As of writing, I am in summer so opening the windows everywhere is not a problem.
-During night time, same reason as above. Also, you may catch a cold.
-Not everyone has a good ventilation system installed in their homes. Such system would indeed solve both problems I mentioned above but I live in an old house and I shudder at the cost of installing a good ventilation system in my home (not everyone’s rich!). Ventilation is a difficult problem regardless and I make an analogy to computer casing ventilation systems. If not setup/maintained correctly, hot/bad air may stubbornly stay in the casing/home.
-The region in which the home is in is very polluted. A really good ventilation is probably needed.
Anyways, I am thinking about buying up some air-purifying plants. Any other solutions I welcome.
Opening several windows/doors widely for a few minutes every couple of hours, rather than keeping one of them open for longer times, is supposed to mostly prevent this, as this will exchange the air in your room without significantly cooling down floor/walls/furniture. But of course you’re still right that it’s a trade-off, and for some people it’s much easier to achieve consistently good CO2 levels than for others. For many it may be worth at least getting a CO2 monitor to be able to make better informed decisions.