Anarchy99
Footballguy
Just trying to come up with a temperature range that is acceptable in an office building. I rent an office in a small split level building. I am upstairs with 3 other offices. One is vacant, one is only used 2-3 days a month, and the other is used for storage. Downstairs is a small doctor's practice (the doctor owns the building).
The building only has one heating zone and one thermostat (downstairs). Upstairs is in the sun and is 3-5 degrees warmer than downstairs. The doctor's office likes it 72-73 degrees . . . which in the summer means it's 75-77 in my office. That's too warm for me, and sometimes I will request the temp be lowered and reluctantly they sometimes lower it to 70.
They aren't open every day (today they are closed). And when they know they won't be there the next day, they turn the AC off entirely before they go home.This week has been in the high 90's. When I came in this morning it was 85 degrees inside my office. The AC has been on all day and the thermostat just dipped below 75 for the first time in 8 hours.
I have asked about getting the problem fixed, and the owner had people look at the HVAC system, who suggested adding a zone, increasing the output, and adding in more duct work (none of which he is willing to shell out money for).
So two questions . . .
1) what do most offices set for a temperature and 2) what is a reasonable compromise temperature setting to ask for to keep the AC on overnight or on weekends (it just takes WAY too long to cool off again if the AC has been off)?
The building only has one heating zone and one thermostat (downstairs). Upstairs is in the sun and is 3-5 degrees warmer than downstairs. The doctor's office likes it 72-73 degrees . . . which in the summer means it's 75-77 in my office. That's too warm for me, and sometimes I will request the temp be lowered and reluctantly they sometimes lower it to 70.
They aren't open every day (today they are closed). And when they know they won't be there the next day, they turn the AC off entirely before they go home.This week has been in the high 90's. When I came in this morning it was 85 degrees inside my office. The AC has been on all day and the thermostat just dipped below 75 for the first time in 8 hours.
I have asked about getting the problem fixed, and the owner had people look at the HVAC system, who suggested adding a zone, increasing the output, and adding in more duct work (none of which he is willing to shell out money for).
So two questions . . .
1) what do most offices set for a temperature and 2) what is a reasonable compromise temperature setting to ask for to keep the AC on overnight or on weekends (it just takes WAY too long to cool off again if the AC has been off)?
