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by bluerooibos 28 days ago
Anecdotal, but I'm convinced it screws up sleep quality. I'd just accepted for the longest time that waking up groggy with a slight headache and tired was the norm until I put a CO2 monitor in my room. With the door closed, it climbed up to 1500ppm in under an hour.

I'm certain many people are sleeping in similar conditions without realising and ventilating their rooms properly or leaving the door open.

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> Anecdotal, but I'm convinced it screws up sleep quality.

It absolutely does.

>I'd just accepted for the longest time that waking up groggy with a slight headache and tired was the norm until I put a CO2 monitor in my room. With the door closed, it climbed up to 1500ppm in under an hour.

Same experience here. Opening windows just a bit totally changed my sleep quality.

Higher CO2 vs. free cat access at 4:17am. No win scenario!
I have this same challenge!

Also, moved all of my lovely oxygenating plants like lillies out of the room because they are toxic to kitty.

And window.
An open window means kilowatts of energy wasted. All the air I spent money cooling will just leak out. It also means all the pollen will be let in.
If you’re cooling with whole house AC, you’re probably fine if there’s a register in your bedroom and the air is free to return.
Depends which way the wind is coming from.

Depends if you live where there is pollen.

Depends if you generate your power with solar.