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Basically this, again, but way more in depth and ranty.
So, yesterday, when the temps were something like 84-87°F (28.9-30.6°C) outside most of the day, my sister had the windows in the kitchen and her bedroom open to "let in a crossbreeze" (whereas I had my window and door to my room closed, because it makes no sense to me to open the window when it is generally hotter outside than itiswas inside the house, "breeze" be damned [and, frustratingly, keeping the door closed didn't do much to keep the rising heat from the rest of the house from infiltrating my room, regardless]), rather than running the air conditioner (or, at the very least, keeping the damned windows closed and shades drawn, if absolutely nothing else).
Today, on the other hand, when the temps were something like 75-80°F (23.9-26.7°C) all day, unbeknownst to me, she had the damned windows closed and was running the AC, at the same time I had my window open (because it makes more sense to me to open the windows when it is generally cooler outside than it is in the house). I didn't even realize any of this until I went out to the kitchen for something and she was sitting there same as usual, and I noticed the window in the kitchen was closed. The AC was not running at that particular moment, but she said that she'd turned it off "because [she] was about to freeze in here." When I told her I'd had my window open all day and asked why she was running the AC when it was cooler today, she said, "I thought you said you wanted to run the AC." Yeah, yesterday I said that, when it was nearly 90°F (32.2°C) outside, but not today, when the outside high was at most something like 81°F (27.2°C) or some shit.
I just don't understand her mindset at all when it comes to "proper" ways to keep the house cool. A fucking "breeze" blowing in may "feel" "cool" when it is directly touching you (as it does when she's sitting at the kitchen table watching TV and/or messing on her laptop), but it still has the net effect of making the house as a whole hotter, because outside air that is a higher temperature than the air that is inside the house is "breezing" into the house, which raises the overall temperature inside the house. She could sit there with a fan blowing on her to get the same "breeze," without needing to open a damn window and let in more heat. And yesterday, she was trying to tell me some shit like "opening or closing the windows doesn't make any difference unless there is a 'breeze' blowing in, otherwise the temperatures would probably just stay the same."
None of it makes any damned sense. I've told her this repeatedly. I've sent her multiple links to multiple, disparate websites that all explain in varying ways why it's usually a better idea to keep the windows and shades closed when it's a higher temperature outside than it is inside (and, conversely, to open the windows when the air outside is cooler than inside). All of this is regardless of whether or not one runs an AC or not (or, rather, if you're running an AC, you'd just keep the windows closed altogether, period). None of it seems to do any good. If anything, it just seems to make her more belligerent about "letting in the breeze."
At the very least, she is in agreement that it makes more sense to close the windows and run the AC on the days when the outside temperature is 90-95°F (32.2-35°C) or greater, rather than letting in a "breeze" or whatever the fuck. But anything below that (aside from, like, winter temperatures, of course), it's time to "let in the breeze." Well, aside from today, I guess, which has been the one weird outlier, where she unnecessarily kept the windows closed and the AC on. *weary sigh*
So, yesterday, when the temps were something like 84-87°F (28.9-30.6°C) outside most of the day, my sister had the windows in the kitchen and her bedroom open to "let in a crossbreeze" (whereas I had my window and door to my room closed, because it makes no sense to me to open the window when it is generally hotter outside than it
Today, on the other hand, when the temps were something like 75-80°F (23.9-26.7°C) all day, unbeknownst to me, she had the damned windows closed and was running the AC, at the same time I had my window open (because it makes more sense to me to open the windows when it is generally cooler outside than it is in the house). I didn't even realize any of this until I went out to the kitchen for something and she was sitting there same as usual, and I noticed the window in the kitchen was closed. The AC was not running at that particular moment, but she said that she'd turned it off "because [she] was about to freeze in here." When I told her I'd had my window open all day and asked why she was running the AC when it was cooler today, she said, "I thought you said you wanted to run the AC." Yeah, yesterday I said that, when it was nearly 90°F (32.2°C) outside, but not today, when the outside high was at most something like 81°F (27.2°C) or some shit.
I just don't understand her mindset at all when it comes to "proper" ways to keep the house cool. A fucking "breeze" blowing in may "feel" "cool" when it is directly touching you (as it does when she's sitting at the kitchen table watching TV and/or messing on her laptop), but it still has the net effect of making the house as a whole hotter, because outside air that is a higher temperature than the air that is inside the house is "breezing" into the house, which raises the overall temperature inside the house. She could sit there with a fan blowing on her to get the same "breeze," without needing to open a damn window and let in more heat. And yesterday, she was trying to tell me some shit like "opening or closing the windows doesn't make any difference unless there is a 'breeze' blowing in, otherwise the temperatures would probably just stay the same."
None of it makes any damned sense. I've told her this repeatedly. I've sent her multiple links to multiple, disparate websites that all explain in varying ways why it's usually a better idea to keep the windows and shades closed when it's a higher temperature outside than it is inside (and, conversely, to open the windows when the air outside is cooler than inside). All of this is regardless of whether or not one runs an AC or not (or, rather, if you're running an AC, you'd just keep the windows closed altogether, period). None of it seems to do any good. If anything, it just seems to make her more belligerent about "letting in the breeze."
At the very least, she is in agreement that it makes more sense to close the windows and run the AC on the days when the outside temperature is 90-95°F (32.2-35°C) or greater, rather than letting in a "breeze" or whatever the fuck. But anything below that (aside from, like, winter temperatures, of course), it's time to "let in the breeze." Well, aside from today, I guess, which has been the one weird outlier, where she unnecessarily kept the windows closed and the AC on. *weary sigh*
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Date: 2024-07-21 02:39 am (UTC)From:Like I said above, she could get a (better, more consistent) "breeze" by just setting up one of the other big stand fans nearby (and/or by turning on the ceiling fan in the kitchen, which is directly above where she usually stays during the day), rather than opening the windows and just hoping the wind decides to cooperate and blow into the window, while at the same time letting the rest of the house steadily get hotter for no good reason, since the latter is going to happen in that situation regardless, whether there is a breeze or not. This is combined with the fact that those windows are on the primary sun facing side of the house, and just having them uncovered for "breeze" purposes, let alone open, lets in a lot of sunlight during the hottest parts of the day, which is more likely a bigger contributor to the house getting hotter than any occasional breeze literally blowing (hotter) air into the house through the open window. In any case, it's not great.