#21 Indoor Climate

Episode twenty one of The World's Most Boring Podcast - Bore Me to Sleep is here, and the topic is indoor climate. That's right. Not outdoor climate. Not climate change. Indoor climate. The temperature of rooms. The humidity of corridors. The ventilation rates of spaces you have spent time in without ever once thinking about their ventilation rates. If you are looking for a sleep podcast, a podcast to fall asleep to, a bedtime podcast, or simply something so thoroughly uneventful that your brain has no choice but to give up and drift off, you have found it. This episode covers thermal comfort, relative humidity, carbon dioxide levels, ventilation and air changes per hour, draught excluders, thermal mass, sick building syndrome, acoustic environments, and the engineering history of double and triple glazed windows. It also includes a digression about a supermarket mist system near some lettuce, a warm meditation on the peculiar peace of overheated waiting rooms, a visit to the work of Danish researcher Povl Ole Fanger and his predicted mean vote comfort model, and a reflection on Florence Nightingale as an early advocate for indoor air quality. The episode ends with a long, dreamlike conclusion in which all of these elements gently dissolve into each other in the manner of a very comfortable, very uneventful dream. This podcast is ideal for people dealing with insomnia, those who struggle to fall asleep, people with racing thoughts at bedtime, anyone who finds white noise or rain sounds helpful but occasionally wants something with a little more structure, and people who simply enjoy falling asleep to the sound of a calm, unhurried voice talking about something it is perfectly fine to miss. It is also suitable for people who have no sleep problems whatsoever but enjoy monotone talk, niche topics, and the reassuring sensation of learning something mildly interesting without being asked to do anything about it. Keywords that may help you find this episode include: sleep podcast, podcast to fall asleep to, boring podcast, bedtime stories for adults, ASMR talk, insomnia podcast, calm podcast, relaxing podcast, indoor climate, thermal comfort, HVAC, building ventilation, Povl Ole Fanger, PMV model, sick building syndrome, humidity and health, sleep aid podcast, talk me to sleep, and podcast for overthinking. We currently have thirty six subscribers, which is six squared and a number we are very fond of. If you would like to become subscriber number thirty seven, please follow or subscribe wherever you are listening. If you have a topic suggestion, a question, or simply something you would like to say, you can write to us at [email protected]. We will read it carefully and respond at a pace that is consistent with the overall tone of this podcast. Which is to say, unhurriedly. Sleep well.