Frozen Office

In summer,most of office will also turn on the air conditioner. The temperature of some office maybe type of company are settled too low . The staff need to wear jacket or blanket to keep warm in the office. The office are mostly used theCentral air-conditioning so the office can not change the degree of the temperature easily. This type of frozen office not just unhealthy for the human, but also energy wasting. There are "Freezing Summer" in the office.

In Hong Kong, there are many in-door environment are turning the air-con to the low temperature. In 2006, the Hong Kong government try to promote the in-door temperature should be set to 25.5C. According to their research,  25.5 degree C is the most comfort human thermal. It will affect the humidity of the air. Moreover ,this 25.5 is must more energy saving in this range. For every 1 deg C decrease in temperature setting, the reduction of electricity consumption in the air-conditioning equipment is about 3%. It can reduces the GHG emission in the same time. Therefore, Try to avoid turn on the air con. If the air con must turn on, please try to set the temperature to 25.5C

Refernce:
http://www.emsd.gov.hk/filemanager/conferencepaper/en/upload/22/HKIE_Environment_Annual_Seminar_Paper_25.5_deg_C_and_Human_Comfort.pdf