EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on
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Re: EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on
#2Up vs down, always. Not surprising in the least.
Re: EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on
#3> Due to extreme weather conditions, forced shut down of air cooling system from floor 1 to 7 for the rest of the day
It's like satire. What is AC for if not extreme heat?
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#4> The heat wave has prompted a renewed discussion about the lack of air-conditioning systems in homes and offices across much of Europe
Discussion, common sense requires discussion. All you need to know about them in one sentence.
Re: EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on
#5Why the fuck does extreme heat require turning off the AC?
Re: EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on
#6Why the fuck does extreme heat require turning off the AC?
Seems like power shortages:
>”The European Parliament has also faced blackouts this week due to energy consumption from cranking up its cooling system.”
Re: EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on
#7All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
Re: EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on
#8Why the fuck does extreme heat require turning off the AC?
The A/C cannot keep up the load, due to the exteme heat. So they decided to just not cool one part of the building, to be able to keep cooling the other part ..
It is now interesting who was in which part ;)
Re: EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on
#9Why the fuck does extreme heat require turning off the AC?
The article indicates they were unable to handle the increased electricity load, which caused blackouts.
Additionally, sometimes unnaturally high temperatures break AC systems put in place with poor planning. This is very common in UK supermarkets every summer.
Re: EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on
#10Why the fuck does extreme heat require turning off the AC?
Based on the little information provided the AC can't keep up. So they cut off the lower half of the building to provide better cooling to the other half