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  Sarge at 05:09 PM JST - 31st July

  Oh, no! Now when I visit the U.N. building next time, I'm going to sweat to death...

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  nandakandamanda at 05:29 PM JST - 31st July

  New York can be stiflingly hot, but 25 degrees is not too bad.

  The J govt office advisory at 28 degrees is unbearable.

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  Sarge at 05:31 PM JST - 31st July

  "25 degrees is not too bad"

  It's not too cool, either.

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  weedkila at 05:47 PM JST - 31st July

  when I visit the U.N. building next time, I'm going to sweat to death...

  then why not just visit a bar instead?

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  some14some at 06:17 PM JST - 31st July

  Secretariat building from 22.2 C to 25 C and from 21.1 C to 23.9 C in the world body’s conference rooms.

  But if i am not mistaken it is set to 28C in Japan why such big difference?

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  nandakandamanda at 06:17 PM JST - 31st July

  Sarge, I had my aircon in the office set to 24 this year, as always, which seemed about right. Although I grew up having been taught that the best temperature for humans and computers alike is 22 degrees, I felt I was doing my bit to save the planet.

  Then we had the directive from the Education and Science Ministry to aim for 28 degrees. Whoa! Talk about paperwork sticking to your forearms...

  Well, I split the difference and now run at 26 which is just tolerable. If I have a visitor then I drop it to 24 again for a bit.

  The J general office staff have a funny reaction. They all sit looking at each other, so no one can break ranks. The thermostat is religiously set at 28. But some bright spark has discovered that if you then leave the doors open, the machine works double-time pushing out max cold air trying to lower the temp to 28... You can almost see the thought bubble: "Well, the rules say 28, maybe, but they don't say anything about doors or windows! hahahahaha..."

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  presto345 at 08:02 PM JST - 31st July

  In the early 1970s and the Japanese economy booming, people started installing air conditioners en masse. They were mostly for cooling, few functioned as heaters. The popular temperature setting was 25 degrees centigrade. You'd sleep wearing pyjamas and under a cover. 25 is of course much too low if the ambient temperature is way over 30. Now we (meaning yours truly) do indeed set the thermo at 27 or 28, depending on the ambient temperature. Temperatures should be regulated according to ambient temperatures and humidity. One figure to suit all is unworkable and unrealistic. But there are some things you can do, like, indeed, take off your jacket, wear only cotton garments, install an electric fan on the ceiling or wall or just use a floor fan: move that air. We are too much used now to over chilled spaces, heritage of the decades of cheap energy, which are now definitely over. I remember the days air conditioning was still rare in this country and electric fans were omnipresent: in stores, homes, buses, trains, you name it. People managed OK. I still use fans to raise the efficiency of the coolers in my home and office. And while we are on the topic of conserving energy, the annual calls to set thermostats at higher levels are a complete failure. A visit to department stores, hospitals, supermarkets, etc. prove it immediately. Look at how frozen en refrigerated foods are stored in the shops: all open, no lids or covers. Feel the temperature in these stores: way below 25 while outside the temp is 35. Imagine how much energy is wasted. Imagine who is paying for this, now and later: YOU and your CHILDREN. Self-responsibility? Excuse me?

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  pathat at 10:22 PM JST - 31st July

  The J general office staff have a funny reaction. They all sit looking at each other, so no one can break ranks. The thermostat is religiously set at 28. But some bright spark has discovered that if you then leave the doors open, the machine works double-time pushing out max cold air trying to lower the temp to 28... You can almost see the thought bubble: "Well, the rules say 28, maybe, but they don't say anything about doors or windows! hahahahaha..."

  LOL

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  Helter_Skelter at 05:10 AM JST - 1st August

  Think of the energy savings if the entire UN were shut down. It would not only benefit the environment, but geopolitics as well.

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  bushlover at 05:55 AM JST - 1st August

  I agree Helter Skelter. Or maybe they can all set their temperatures to 100 degrees C so we can lose them Useless Nations. We wouldn't have to have it so high for too long then we can all save the environment and as you say, geopolitics.

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