A clothes drying system comprising an apparatus that comprises a drying air circuit, the system comprising: a drum in communication with the drying air circuit ; a condenser in communication with the drying air circuit and located downstream of the drum, the condenser comprising a cooled water inlet that directs cooled water into the heated air to remove moisture from the heated air, the condenser comprising a condenser water outlet for egress of water from the condenser, the cooled water inlet of the condenser configured to receive water from a tap water source ; a temperature sensor that provides a signal indicative of a temperature of an environment outside the apparatus; and a memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory, the memory including logic that when executed by the processing circuitry, directs at least one of (i) a vent air control valve to change an amount of heated air flowing from the drum through the vent air control valve and into the environment based on the signal from the temperature sensor; (ii) a fan to change a flow rate of air flowing through the drying air circuit based on the signal from the temperature sensor; and (iii) a heater to change an amount of heat provided to the air flowing through the drying air circuit based on the signal from the temperature sensor, characterized in that the memory further includes logic that, when executed by the processing circuitry, directs the vent air control valve to reduce an amount of heated air flowing from the drum into the environment based on the signal when a detected temperature is above a default temperature and to increase an amount of heated air flowing from the drum into the environment when a detected temperature of the environment is below the default temperature. a drum in communication with the drying air circuit ; a condenser in communication with the drying air circuit and located downstream of the drum, the condenser comprising a cooled water inlet that directs cooled water into the heated air to remove moisture from the heated air, the condenser comprising a condenser water outlet for egress of water from the condenser, the cooled water inlet of the condenser configured to receive water from a tap water source ; a temperature sensor that provides a signal indicative of a temperature of an environment outside the apparatus; and a memory and processing circuitry coupled to the memory, the memory including logic that when executed by the processing circuitry, directs at least one of (i) a vent air control valve to change an amount of heated air flowing from the drum through the vent air control valve and into the environment based on the signal from the temperature sensor; (ii) a fan to change a flow rate of air flowing through the drying air circuit based on the signal from the temperature sensor; and (iii) a heater to change an amount of heat provided to the air flowing through the drying air circuit based on the signal from the temperature sensor, (i) a vent air control valve to change an amount of heated air flowing from the drum through the vent air control valve and into the environment based on the signal from the temperature sensor; (ii) a fan to change a flow rate of air flowing through the drying air circuit based on the signal from the temperature sensor; and (iii) a heater to change an amount of heat provided to the air flowing through the drying air circuit based on the signal from the temperature sensor, characterized in that the memory further includes logic that, when executed by the processing circuitry, directs the vent air control valve to reduce an amount of heated air flowing from the drum into the environment based on the signal when a detected temperature is above a default temperature and to increase an amount of heated air flowing from the drum into the environment when a detected temperature of the environment is below the default temperature. <EOS>