Wudi@feddit.uk to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoDiseases can spread between apartments via shared ventilation, study showswww.colorado.eduexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down11
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkDiseases can spread between apartments via shared ventilation, study showswww.colorado.eduWudi@feddit.uk to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarequick_snail@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 hours agoJesus why would ducts be shared between units
minus-squareBloomcole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoTo enjoy the smell of your neighbour’s sardines
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours agoso you don’t have to heat and cool 185 individual units one by one. I know it’s kinda gross but imagine every room in a house having it’s own HVAC…?
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoMost modern apartments or condos in the US have their own HVAC. I’d say anything build in the last 50+ years at least. Where are you where this is not common?
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agolived in apts from 2000-2015 - the ones in texas had their own AC, but elsewhere? Shared heating (steam fed radiators in ny) or large AC units on roofs pumping cold air into multiple units (VA, OR, WA)…
Jesus why would ducts be shared between units
To enjoy the smell of your neighbour’s sardines
so you don’t have to heat and cool 185 individual units one by one.
I know it’s kinda gross but imagine every room in a house having it’s own HVAC…?
Most modern apartments or condos in the US have their own HVAC. I’d say anything build in the last 50+ years at least.
Where are you where this is not common?
lived in apts from 2000-2015 - the ones in texas had their own AC, but elsewhere? Shared heating (steam fed radiators in ny) or large AC units on roofs pumping cold air into multiple units (VA, OR, WA)…