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0 pointstheshrike793y ago0 comments

CO2 fatigue is a thing.

At a company I used to work for we started wonder why one meeting room got especially rowdy if we had our 2 hour team meeting there.

Had the building management install a CO2 sensor, it got up to 1500ppm. We were practically drunk in there. Turned out it wasn't meant as a meeting room at all and it had zero ventilation ducts - they were all in the room next door, they had just slapped a wall to split it into two.

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koheripbal3y ago

1500ppm isn't great, but "drunk" is hyperbole.

It might make you feel different - and maybe not great for being productive, but it would be hard to notice.

philwelch3y ago

That's less than half of what they keep the ISS at, BTW.

koheripbal3y ago

wow, you are right. Then again, I suspect they're challenged to keep it low given the space. Seems astronauts report headaches more above that level.

philwelch3y ago

I’m honestly just a huge skeptic about indoor CO2 levels. OSHA says 5000 ppm is a safe upper limit, and nuclear submarines operate at pretty high levels too. I strongly suspect this is just one of those weird social media health crazes.

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koheripbal3y ago

1500ppm isn't great, but "drunk" is hyperbole.

It might make you feel different - and maybe not great for being productive, but it would be hard to notice.

philwelch3y ago

That's less than half of what they keep the ISS at, BTW.

koheripbal3y ago

wow, you are right. Then again, I suspect they're challenged to keep it low given the space. Seems astronauts report headaches more above that level.

philwelch3y ago

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