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Spain, in winter at least 15 minutes in the morning after waking up and 15 minutes in the evening. In Summer I try not to open the windows during the day only at night because I will be naked alive otherwise

A lot less than I want and need to. My social anxiety is ridiculous with small stuff like this, just opening the windows easily gives me anxiety because I hear people outside. It sucks but I often manage to do it for a while before I have visitors, just so the air fresher.

I rarely ever open windows unless someone asks me to. I get a lot of complaints during the summer of how hot it is indoors, but I adore the heat.

In the winter I have no control over the heat. My radiator has a direct line to the pits of hell. So the windows are open all winter long. They are open in the spring and fall as long as the temp inside will be comfortable. Closed in the summer because AC.

Canada here. Winter never, unless we have a rare warm (above -10c/14f) day. Spring as often as I can if/when it's nice enough outside. Summer usually open until the temps get around 27c/80f then closed and the air conditioner on.

I live in a roughly 100 yr old house though, so with all the cracks etc this place tends to self-ventilate anyway.

Forced air furnace. Windows don't open until summer.

Daily, at least once in the morning and later in the evening. A lot more often whenever it's possible. Summer and winter.

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).

Pretty much daily working from home in southern California. My dogs and I get pretty antsy without fresh air and noises.

Unless the air quality outside is poor or worse, the window stays open so I can cope with the reactive compounds created by the gas stove in my rental. I don't really know when my roommate cooks, so I just leave it cracked open a bit. I do live in Canada's PNW so it's not that big of an issue.

Depends on temperature. If it's below 10C all day, then generally never, maybe every day or 2 for 10 mins to let some fresh air in. 10-15C, probably most rooms on the first latch during the day and most closed at night. Over 15C and windows open mostly including on the latch at night.

I live in a forested countryside in the Northern Midwest. Leaving the windows open invites in bugs and other small critters. Even with screens on the windows, insects crawl through the cracks, and I've definitely had several field mice chew their way through screens. I also have rabbits and possums who tend to nest up against the foundation of my house, and if a lower window is left open for prolonged periods, I sometimes find babies nesting in the window frame.

If I open my windows, it's for a limited time to get some fresh air moving through the house. I'll turn on strategically placed fans in various rooms to encourage rapid airflow through the house so I can close the windows sooner.

I only open windows in the winter if I need to cool a room quickly. For instance, I'm renting my first floor to a friend and I live on the second floor. But I only have one HVAC unit and thermostat for the entire house. The first floor always stays a few degrees cooler than the second floor (heat rises), so I keep it a little extra hot upstairs to ensure I'm not freezing out my friend. But I'm always hot in general, so I'll either have fans on me all winter, or I'll occasionally shut myself in a bedroom and open the window for 15-20 minutes, just to lower my body temp a bit and help me tolerate the hot house.

There have been a few winter nights where my wife and I have left the bedroom window open to cool down our bedroom, while burying ourselves in thick blankets. We don't sleep well if we're sweaty and stuck to the bed. I usually get up a few hours later and close the window, so we don't freeze overnight.

Every day.

We use an estufa during the colder months so we crack open a window so we don't die of CO poisoning

This is an estufa:

Maybe you could get a dehumidifyer, measure the humidity first to figure out if it's necessary

My body runs like an oven when I’m asleep. To that end, I have the heating off by the time I’m in bed (winter), and if the air still isn’t crisp enough, I’ll open the window a crack.

In the warmer months I straight up cannot sleep if the windows are closed.

Edit: forgot to mention that I am in the UK

Our place is ventilated well enough that I don't need to open the windows for ventilation or to manage humidity per se, but I am fortunate enough to live in an area with good quality air, so I often do in spring/summer/fall just because it feels fresher.

In winter, I don't want to freeze or waste energy, so I usually keep them closed. But once in a while, if I have my computer running for a long time and the heat is also on for the rest of our place, I may crack the window a bit just to keep that room from becoming unbearably hot.

Spring into early summer and autumn. In the summer, I may open them early on, but it's best not to let the crazy humidity in.

I live on the Chesapeake Bay, so during the late spring into late Fall, I open my windows pretty much daily on the weekends and whenever I am home during the week.

Never, I switched to Debian…

Mostly just the spring and fall, but occasionally the summer if it’s nice out and rarely the winter if it is unseasonably nice. Sometimes crack a window for a short time if the toddler makes a really smelly bm

Never of course. Don’t know exactly what Winter and Summer mean, some desktop environments maybe? And what is fresh air?

Rarely, I just have my AC on to make it hot or cold and the solar panels make it almost free.

Window open means bugs get in, and they tend to like lights like my computer screen and I'm sick of cleaning bug goo off the screen.

Only when it's cold. Windows are open most of the year.

I find that I need to open them 2-3 times a day.

I open them when humidity goes above 60% in my room, and keep it open until it reaches under 50.

This usually means opening them 2-3 times daily.

Otherwise I get the same suffocating feeling.

This definitely varies by region.

Antarctican lumberjack, don't open the windows or doors in winter, check out the window in summer if any trees have sprouted (none so far).