For the past several months my wife and I have both been working from home due to the global pandemic.
Our jobs officially close the offices from March until June so we were happily working from home together for that long duration of time. At first, it definitely took some adjusting for us to get used to the brand-new work setup. It was strange for both of us to be in the house all day, and we honestly didn’t know what to do with the central heating and cooling system at first. Neither one of us had ever been responsible for setting the thermostat at our office. Therefore, nobody really knew what the ideal indoor air temperature was to support monotonous computer work all day. We slowly came to an understanding and agreed upon a set thermostat plan for the long workdays. At that point, it seemed worthwhile to be using a central HVAC system since we were in separate rooms in the same house. Now, however, I’m being ushered back to my office and my wife is going to be staying at home by her lonesome. Suddenly, it seems extremely wasteful to be operating the central air conditioning unit 24/7. I didn’t want to take the air conditioning system away from my wife, so I decided to go out and buy an AC window unit. This way, we can install the smaller AC system into her office to support her daily comfort as she works from home. I can exploit the air conditioning at my company office. Neither one of us has to worry about melting in the middle of the afternoon or running our energy bill into the ground.