I just started my job about 2 months ago; I have learned a lot of unusual things, however most substantially I’ve learned what to do and what not to do in our building, however for example with our office temperature control, there a lot of the coworkers who are actually stringent on when people change the temperature on the temperature control! The reason for this is that the building gets actually humid especially in the summertime; Now since we’re getting into somewhat warmer weather, the building gets actually humid.
The building is about 100 years old and I can tell that the humidity really impacts our productivity, but people sometimes get lazy and don’t want to work, people compare and complain about their hair frizzing… And worse, sometimes there has condensation that collects on the windows and recently we’ve had water disfigurement and some slight organic growth on our walls.
All of the floors in our building are wood floors and the walls are greatly impacted by the unusual uneven temperatures and humidity levels. I’ve read that at least three pints of water can hold in a cubic foot of wood flooring that’s at 60% of humidity. A lot of humidity can impact building joists, studs and finishes on walls. This can cause cracks and long-term disfigurement. I believe that within the next year there has going to have to be some dire renovations done in our building due to all of the humidity that my buddy and I have. To combat this issue, our boss has installed many dehumidifiers to help with the humidity. Personally I do not know the dehumidifiers are enough, I know our boss should reach out to a local heating and cooling supplier to see if there has anything more that my buddy and I can do to minimize the humidity.