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Old 07-06-2013, 06:17 PM
 
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Maybe yesterday and today it's gotten hot. And, by hot I mean low 90s with high humidity. I've been in Houston, New Orleans and parts of Florida with high humidity. Most everywhere you get out of the muck and step into a comfortable climate controlled environment. Not here. I went to a couple of stores, Harris teeter and Tysons mall, and it was maybe in the low 80s in there with a sticky feeling throughout. What gives? Is it gonna get better? Are A/Cs in a transition mode but will eventually catch up?
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Old 07-06-2013, 07:29 PM
 
Location: Alexandria, VA
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All the stores I've been in have been comfy
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Old 07-06-2013, 07:53 PM
 
Location: Brambleton, VA
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Are you expecting to walk into a refrigerator? The temperatures may be warmer than you like simply because more people are going to the mall and to stores to seek that sort of escape from the heat. But, as long as it is cooler than the outside temperatures, I am good.
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Old 07-06-2013, 07:57 PM
 
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You walk out of said stores in the south and your eyeglasses fog up as soon as you go outside. That's how cold it is in there.
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Old 07-06-2013, 07:58 PM
 
Location: Brambleton, VA
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You walk out of said stores in the south and your eyeglasses fog up as soon as you go outside. That's how cold it is in there.
I have NEVER experienced that, not even when I did live in the South. What an awful waste of electricity.
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Old 07-06-2013, 10:22 PM
 
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The comfort threshold for people with normal average body mass index is between 73 and 78 degrees, most mall thermostats are set to that
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Old 07-07-2013, 06:03 PM
 
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I have NEVER experienced that, not even when I did live in the South. What an awful waste of electricity.
Really, just got back from FL, and every store is freezing! Always wiping my sunglasses. If it isn't then people won't shop there, you have to over compensate the AC to offset the humidity. Not a good use of electricity, but otherwise shoppers will not stay.
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Old 07-07-2013, 06:15 PM
 
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The comfort threshold for people with normal average body mass index is between 73 and 78 degrees, most mall thermostats are set to that
That is the recommended operative temperature for summer time, only, because it is not "comfortable" to experience large shifts in temperature when entering and exiting buildings. The actual recommended operative temperature for office buildings (in reasonable weather) is actually around 68-73 degrees.
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Old 07-07-2013, 06:51 PM
 
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That is the recommended operative temperature for summer time, only, because it is not "comfortable" to experience large shifts in temperature when entering and exiting buildings. The actual recommended operative temperature for office buildings (in reasonable weather) is actually around 68-73 degrees.
Speak for yourself - when it's 100 and humid outside I want to feel like I'm being refrigerated as soon as I walk in.
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Old 07-07-2013, 07:18 PM
 
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Speak for yourself - when it's 100 and humid outside I want to feel like I'm being refrigerated as soon as I walk in.
I'm certainly not speaking for myself, as I prefer frigid temperatures everywhere I go. (I currently set my home temp at 67 in the winter and 71 in the summer.) I'm speaking for generally accepted building management standards, which is to accommodate the majority.
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