I’m sure we all have worked (or work) in an office where we die of heat exhaustion in the winter and freeze in the summer. I type this in a long sleeve shirt and a jacket, from my office in Miami. The current outdoor temperature is 81F and today’s his is 87F.
Imagine the money and energy that cold be saved! We do it at home, why not in large office spaces? This article looks at the mechanics of the problem and looks at solutions.
How can we stop outdated assumptions from forcing us to waste?
By Peter Fairley / Ensia
Personal heaters are a summer survival tool for many office workers chilled to the bone by hyperactive ventilation systems — an act of self-defense against an epidemic of overcooling that is wasting energy and confounding comfort in not only offices but also large shops, schools and other buildings. An audit of U.S. government buildings found that over three-fifths of their occupants felt too cold in the summer. The most likely culprit behind this big chill? Engineering conventions. Slavish adherence to unfounded and outdated rules of thumb that cause mis-programming of air conditioning systems.
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