{"id":46647,"date":"2019-08-20T16:26:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T20:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=46647"},"modified":"2020-08-11T16:26:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T20:26:58","slug":"energy-star-done-lost-their-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=46647","title":{"rendered":"Energy Star done lost their mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I briefly lived in an apartment, there was once a day in which it was abundantly clear that the air conditioning went out.\u00a0 When it was obvious that no cool air was coming out of the vents, I called up the main office to see if I could get someone from maintenance over to come fix it.\u00a0 However, it was a Sunday, and the office hours were drastically reduced, and I was unable to actually get with a human being on the phone, and I thought that I was going to be boned until Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

I tried to stick it out, but didn\u2019t last more than 30 minutes before I began looking through drawers for the information packet that was given to us when moving in, to see if there were any alternative numbers to call, or if I could get to maintenance directly or something.\u00a0 I found an emergency number and figured it wouldn\u2019t hurt to call and get a human being on the line to see if they could point me in the right direction.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I got a person to pick up, I explained my situation, and they asked me to tell them what the thermostat read.\u00a0 \u201c83,\u201d I told them, and they responded with \u201cI\u2019ll be right over.\u00a0 82F is what we consider to be an emergency.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In less than an hour, a maintenance guy showed up, turned out a freon recharge was all that was needed, and then the entire apartment began cooling down pretty quickly afterward.<\/span><\/p>\n

The point of this little story is that I just read this article<\/a> about what Energy Star recommended people keep their thermostats at, in order to save energy:<\/span><\/p>\n

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