PH HVAC

Lets talk for a little bit about the Poor House heating and cooling. Every room in the PH is in a different climate zone, each with a distinct biome and landscape. This post is prompted by my freezing cold pre-drifting off to sleep last night, followed by a "waking in sweat" moment in my hot box of a room. Why, I ask? Lets explore each room to find out more about this phenomenon...

To start, lets assume that every room is somewhat arid, as we physically live in Colorado high plain desert . Beyond that, lets make no assumptions.

Living room
Climate: Steppe
This area experiences warming during the active hours of the day but little movement leads to cooling temperatures and breezes.

Kitchen
Climate: Savanna
I'm free to say that this is the hottest communal room of the house, temperatures rising drastically during meal times. Sometimes we can utilize the airshaft to warm up when visiting this region. The sparse and scattered plants keep this area open with good visibility.

Hot Box #1 (Kat's Room)
Climate: Tropical Rainforest (inferno)
This region can be considered tropical because it receives the most annual rain of any area of the house (as a result of Kelsey's leaky shower from the floor above). The area is densely populated with trees of all kinds (books for thesis stacked high). It also reaches sky-high temperatures even when the heat is off, at any time of day.

Foxy's Room
Climate: Subartic
I hear that this region is always about 15 degrees lower in temperature than the surrounding areas. Perhaps this peculiar instance is a result of a high volume of windows and the location: resting above the tundra.

Penthouse (Kelsey's Room)
Climate: High Desert
The coldest non-communal room of the house, it rises above all other in elevation and freezing temperatures. Do not enter between the months of November - April.

Basement (communal area)
Climate: Tundra
When we visit this region, we might as well be sitting around in a three walled lean-to on the trail, because its THAT cold. The other basement dwellers must keep their doors shut at all times.

Hot Box #2 (Norah's Room)
Climate: Desert
How does a region surrounded by tundra become a desert? Direct and instant airflow from the heating system, thats what. Not to mention these high temperature winds have no where to go...

Cait's Room
Climate: Subartic
Ironically the opposite neighboring region to the heating system, this room receives no heat due to a closed vent. A humidifier and a closed door works to keep this room (semi)bearable.

So there you have it. If you can figure out the secret to drastic climatic differences in the Poor House, please enlighten us.