EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for employees, leave theirs on

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC

wongarsu wrote: post #75

mytailorisrich wrote: post #59

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That's not true. Temperature above 30C are the norm in summer in Southern Europe (which means quite higher in the Sun and in a heat trap location). Now, yes 40C isn't. But I am unconvinced that AC manufacturers have different "sizing"... An AC unit is for hot places and the outdoor unit may be in a very hot spots with ambient easily above 40C. Edit: Yes, AC systems for a whole building are different but still the sys…

Brussels is however not in Southern Europe By sizing I simply mean the number and capacity of roof units. Cooling an office building down by 8C is a lot easier than cooling it by 18C. I doubt half the roof units are shut down. Maybe some are, but most will have their output redirected to cooling the top half of the building

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 10:41 PM UTC

SiempreViernes wrote: post #112

ctoth wrote: post #65

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If it's every summer, how is it unnatural? If it's poor planning how is it every summer? There's poor planning and then there's ... what, forgetting that summer happens? It sounds to me like somebody sat down and penciled in some numbers and decided that "it makes less money to let it break?" which seems pretty weird when you consider second-order stuff (but it's not like people tend to do that anyway)

Come on, you expect me to believe you honestly have no contextual knowledge about the changing climate? No, I think you are opting for disguising your full on climate change denial under a tattered veil of feigned ignorance.

Post by frollogaston » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC

ceejayoz wrote: post #125

clates wrote: post #123

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...... what? This isn't your home with open stairwells and loose venting doorjams. This is a thirteen story office building with elevators and badged access easements.

My dorm room was on the ninth floor of a nine floor building. I assure you, heat passes through elevator shafts and floors just fine, and office buildings aren't usually built like a BSL-4 laboratory. If anything, they're typically less insulated than a regular old house.

Post by rappatic » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 1:22 AM UTC

gambiting wrote: post #129

rappatic wrote: post #124

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> but if you get a really cold spell and it drops to -35C Temperatures near 40C have been recorded in Paris dozens of times since the early 2000s. I don't think the winter temperature in Paris has ever dropped much below -20C, let alone -35C. So this isn't a very fair analogy.

What does temperature in Paris have to do with Brussels?

Post by Nursie » Wed, Jul 01, 2026, 3:12 AM UTC

zzzeek wrote: post #54

Oras wrote: post #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.

there is significant resistance to air conditioning in Europe at many levels (all of which are invalid or solvable): * "not technically feasible" - people talk about old buildings with oddly shaped windows * "can't afford it" - as you see here. people talk about the units themselves and the electricity bills * "our infrastructure can't handle it" - this has to do with things like grids overheating, failing * "our inf…