cerberus_1 t1_iugd6n7 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:47 AM

Reply to comment by Klai8 in ELI5 Why are airport ceiling so high? by TrShry

K, so its all about the second thing.

I build server rooms... they produce heat like 1000 people smashed into a black hole.. we push cooling through the floor.. high ceilings are telling everyone how happy they are about spending $500 on a 2 hour flight with no service.

danziman123 t1_iugrt6x wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:16 AM

High ceilings also help with noise control. And airport areas area usually fine with a 5 story high building and they don’t get much more expensive

ThePrem t1_iuigzyk wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:08 PM

Thank you...this sounds like a construction manager that has a vague understanding of HVAC

To one point though servers are more consistent with their heat output and cooling is sized appropriately and generally runs consistently. An airport has more diversity and can rapidly swing from a large load to almost none. A larger volume of air can manage that more consistently.

But yes, mostly the other things