Suggest as a lean improvement that the temperature is set to 21 deg C as studies show that people work better in cooler offices.
Depends on the study – this one shows that in an environment that involves typing (most offices) highest productivity was at 25°C.
http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2004/10/warm-offices-linked-fewer-typing-errors-higher-productivity
I worked with a woman who would set it at 25 every day, no matter what the weather
Yes, thats how thermostats work – the weather outside makes no difference.
In fact the recommendation is if anything to turn the thermostat up on warmer days to reduce the temperature differential.
FWIW, we had lots of complaints about the AC in our office for a while, and I was our departments representative trying to sort it out.
Best results came by moving cold people away from the AC vents, moving hot people closer to the AC vents, and making sure all the thermostats were set to 23°C and fan speed 1.
It’s also not exclusively a man/woman divide, also a fat/thin divide.
Happy to admit i’m cold blooded, if our AC was at 19°C dress code would be abandoned and i’d be working in a softshell