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mytailorisrich
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EU commissioners shut down air conditioning for em...
If that's the case then the building's system was very badly designed...
gwbas1c
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It was designed for historical, pre-climate-change weather. (Or at least when those were in the know about climate change thought we'd solve it.)
mytailorisrich
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There's probably a "Belgian joke" to be made if their AC is only designed to work when it isn't hot...
gwbas1c
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Uhh, AC that's designed for a hottest day of 85F or 90F will struggle at 100+F.
alistairSH
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That seems true - it's not a historic building - it was built in the mid- to late-1960s.
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