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Ventilation is very important to keep the air inside breathable and to keep things like mold outside.
I like to show the importance of this by lighting some incense (or vaping a bit) to show how the smoke just does not go away with the window closed. The same happens with the CO2 that comes out of your mouth, you just don't see it in that case.
Exceptions would be when your building has some other ventilation system built in, but the smoke would show that.
Overhere I always have some form of ventilation open (our house has these ventilation thingies above the windows, that I get angry about when my partner closes them).
It's not a building, its a townhouse. I don't think the air circulates unless you open windows.
My house always feels so suffocating since windows never get opened so I have to open it in my room, then I get yelled at and I begrudgingly close it then be sad that I struggle to breathe.
Sometimes its warm outside (spring/summer/fall) and I open windows on the living room areas, then next day I find it closed again... and I just get tired of opening the windows...
Their usage of building was a generic term of building. Not meaning apartment complex.
If you were opening the window and they have the AC on that’s more expensive that will piss people off. Same if they have the furnace running and you have the window open the winter that will piss people off. As one other poster suggested it might be a humidity issue. During the winter try adding some humidity to the air in your room and see if that helps. Not a lot of humidity just small amounts and keep incrementing and see if it helps.
There are also other medical reasons that could be affecting this. A medical doctor might help. Be warned on the medical doctor, though every medical doctor medical professional has a small Toolbox to work with. And they tend to get blinders. So you may have to do a fair amount of research yourself.