A couple of years ago, I learned that NYC building code requires that many buildings have heating systems capable of keeping up if all the windows are open. At the time, I thought that was exceedingly wasteful. I’ll agree with whoever points out that it usually is, but our climate control systems are much more flexible now than they were when large amounts of NYC were being built. Maybe this is something we should consider establishing capability for going forward.
This also depends a lot on the temperature of the outside air: This is requiring far more heating capacity if you want to be able to do it at 40°, than 20°, than 0°.
A couple of years ago, I learned that NYC building code requires that many buildings have heating systems capable of keeping up if all the windows are open. At the time, I thought that was exceedingly wasteful. I’ll agree with whoever points out that it usually is, but our climate control systems are much more flexible now than they were when large amounts of NYC were being built. Maybe this is something we should consider establishing capability for going forward.
This also depends a lot on the temperature of the outside air: This is requiring far more heating capacity if you want to be able to do it at 40°, than 20°, than 0°.