| Comment | Where I grew up, 14°C is what I'd wake up to before any heating was on. (I'm 35). This was an old property and poorly insulated. Modernised properties should have an ambient temperature of at least 18°C.
Anything below 18°C is not ideal or comfortable long term, if you are moving around a lot, at 14°C you can layer up and when acclimatised to a colder climate be comfortable without the heating. If you're sitting about, say WFH/Studying it's going to be fairly miserable.
Bigger issue here is the draft you are describing, any heat you can produce is just being siphoned out.
There were studies that recently showed any ling term exposure to temperatures below 20°C has an impact on mental performance - not a huge impact for young people, but significant for elderly people, especially those with dementia. |
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