So we don’t have HVAC zone control or even a slight capability for it
When my boyfriend and I moved into our apartment, it looked like we had zone control. The apartment had multiple rooms and in each room there was a thermostat. We had at least five thermostats hanging around. I heard about HVAC zone control. I figured that by adjusting the room thermostat, it would only affect that space. We could set the room HVAC differently and save some money in the process. My boyfriend and I were so excited to have such a high tech system. We spent a few weeks deciding on the different room temperatures. We wanted heavy AC in the kitchen, heating in the living room, a moderate temperature in the bedroom and no HVAC running in the office. It took us two weeks to realize that all the rooms felt the same. The thermostat read the same for every space. If I changed the kitchen to cooling, every other room reflected that temperature. We worried for a bit that the HVAC zone control system was on a different program or installed. After some research we realized that the apartment just had multiple thermostats. For zone control, the rooms should have indoor air handlers all linked to an outdoor air compressor. Nope, we have central HVAC. So we don’t have HVAC zone control or even a slight capability for it. The two of us ripped down all the thermostats and we have the basic HVAC equipment that everyone else has. It was kind of a huge letdown because we thought the HVAC was something special. Instead it is what we have always had.