I live on the 13th floor of a 3 year old building in Toronto. It’s 7*C outside right now. My girlfriend and I, haven’t turned on our heating, since we moved in last August. That includes, overnight, in -20*C weather. We stay perfectly warm from the heat losses from our neighbor’s below, to the side, and probably some from above.
So to them, thanks, otherwise – I’d have to pay for my own heat!
But now, it’s turning into spring, and it’s as if they are still pumping just as much energy into their units however it’s a little warmer outside. It is getting SO hot, that despite me understanding the waste of it, I have to open my patio door to lower the temperature in my unit. And, I spend a ton of time on the computer, it’s a foot away from the patio door. It’s not like I’m in the other room, and I have one room of my house freezing. That’s right, my neighbors are heating there places so much, that we can stay warm enough with the patio door on our windy balcony WIDE open, for hours at a time.
How do we solve this? Better insulation? Legislation? Energy incentives for new buildings? It’s got me thinking…