[Negitivefrags]

I wonder if the climate control units in office buildings have even been switched off when not in use.

I know that nobody turned off the one in our office when we were away from it for 6 weeks during the NZ lockdown.

It’s not remotely managed and we are not allowed to touch it so someone from the company that owns the building would have had to go and do that, and then come back later to turn it on again. And maybe some of the other businesses in the building are essential and have workers? No idea.

Probably was never going to happen.

[nradov]

Most office climate control systems are still running, although perhaps at a reduced setting. Shutting them off could cause mold growth and equipment damage.

[sigstoat]

> I wonder if the climate control units in office buildings have even been switched off when not in use.

even if they're on, there'll be much less for them to do. fewer people opening doors, fewer bodies producing heat, less non-HVAC electrical demand (much of which ends up as heat).