Can a room temp be sexist

[brettdale]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45345518?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[hlthe2b]

1. I don't know about "sexist", but I suspect they chill them down because of the heat

from stage and other lights...?

I've certainly known men (especially older men) who were quite "cold-natured" and plenty of women who were consistently hot. (and vice versa), so I don't know how one generalizes.

Seems like they should each make their case and split the difference.

[moriah]

2. Oh, how many times I was happy I didn't face customers, just spoke to them....

... snuggled in my office blanket because it was so cold.

At the same time, there's only so much clothing people can remove and be within dress code. The sight of a blanket or cardigan is probably better for an office environment than shorts and/or hairy bare chests. Personal fans only do so much.

[pnwmom]

4. Right. She can simply wear layers. n/t

[pnwmom]

3. How about she skip wearing the sleeveless dress, or wear a sweater or jacket over it?

76 degrees is ridiculous.

[NCTraveler]

5. Lol

Link to tweet

[NCTraveler]

6. Cuomo should counter with 95. Nt

[GulfCoast66]

7. No. But wacky theories can makes us look silly.

[sl8]

8. President Carter thought that 78 ℉ was appropriate for public buildings in the summer.

From https://www.nytimes.com/1979/07/11/archives/carter-orders-a-78-cooling-limit-for-public-buildings-this-summer.html

Carter Orders a 78 ° Cooling Limit For Public Buildings This Summer

By RICHARD HALLORAN
JULY 11, 1979

WASHINGTON, July 10 — President Carter signed a proclamation today requiring that air‐conditioning in commercial, government and most other public buildings be maintained at temperatures no lower than 78 degrees Fahrenheit this summer.

The sweeping order, signed at Camp David in Maryland as the President pressed his search for a bold new energy policy, goes into effect for nine months starting Monday.

At the risk of substantial penalties, also requires that heating raise temperatures no higher than 65 degrees Fahrenheit next winter, and that water in commercial buildings be no hotter than 105 degrees Fahrenheit.

...

More at link.

[OilemFirchen]

10. That was during the energy crisis.

We also learned to always turn off the lights when we exit a room.

Modern heating/cooling/lighting is dramatically more efficient than it was in 1979.

[shanny]

13. Funny thing is, when you think about it,

we've been in an energy crisis for effing ever. We've just been ignoring it.

[OilemFirchen]

9. Curiously, this came up in conversation yesterday.

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language identifies room temperature as around 20 to 22 °C (68 to 72 °F), and the Oxford English Dictionary claims that it is "conventionally taken as about 20 °C (68 °F)".

...by other considerations the maximum should be below 24 °C (75 °F) – and to avoid sick building syndrome, below 22 °C (72 °F).

[kwassa]

11. I've seem thermostat wars at jobs ...

not based on gender, though.

Sometimes because of physical size, larger people wanting more air-conditioning.

The worst was a large modern office building with one thermostat for the floor, of which one side was in the sun, with a greenhouse effect, and the opposite side of the same floor in deep shade.

[Takket]

12. Temperature settings are not sexist

and the claim that most office building temperature settings are set based on "men's metabolic rates" is the most absurd thing i've ever heard on the topic of HVAC systems. They aren't. The standard (which is called ASHRAE 55) takes into account many factors such a metabolic rates (not just mens'), worker activity, airflow/draft, etc etc and recommends temperature ranges based on those factors.

large scale HVAC systems are designed for energy efficiency, breathe-ability, and obviously comfort. Where comfort and energy efficiency meet is at the thermostat. The more you heat in the winter and cool in the summer, the more energy you use. The more the temperature swings, the most uncomfortable you get. The compromise is usually around 68F for heating and 78F for cooling in a typical office environment, but that can obviously vary by a few degrees depending on who designed it, what input the Owner has, etc etc. The actual operating condition then ends up being "the temperature at which the fewest people complain to the facility engineer". How strictly the Owner enforces design temperatures all depends on how closely they watch the utility bills in their building.

[aikoaiko]

14. My wife likes the house at 68-69 degrees year round.

Easy to do in the winter , but Georgia summers are a battle.