FriendoftheDork t1_iugou7g wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:39 AM

Reply to comment by TucsonTacos in ELI5 Why are airport ceiling so high? by TrShry

Must suck for the employees opening up though.

TucsonTacos t1_iugqfue wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:59 AM

I'm pretty sure most places turn off (down) the heat when they're closed so its probably about the same effect.

FriendoftheDork t1_iugsu91 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:29 AM

I'm used to the heat being increased an hour or two before opening, and lowered significantly during the empty hours. But if there is no heating at all then they can't even get a little warm until you have a lot of human traffic.

TucsonTacos t1_iuioxp9 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:00 PM

I mean that’s how the mall works. I’m not an engineer nor did I build it.

You’re just speculating that it ‘probably’ sucks because you ‘feel’ it must work like you think it does. I can’t explain why it does or doesn’t, but there’s no possible way when the mall opens it is -20 inside and they just pray enough people stay and shop in full winter gear until it warms up and they can take their coats off.

They’d never get enough people. Nobody would stay.

Curious_Opossum t1_iujfpdn wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:58 PM

I worked in MOA for almost a decade. It's very rarely cold in the morning. The place is massive and it doesn't have enough down time to get cold. The coolest it would get would be the morning after Christmas. Winter and empty for over 24 hours. Perfectly warm by noon. The amount of lights and electricity on top of body heat, ovens and grills from restaurants and the food courts, the heat from the rides, the sun coming through the skylights... It's more than enough to keep things warm for a long time.