You might have caught wind of a story this week about a study showing there is indeed a difference between the way men and women experience the temperature in air-conditioned environments.  And there is a reason!

 

Researchers from Maastrict University in the Netherlands have come up with the result that women are best suited to a temperature set at 25 degrees Celsius while men prefer the thermostat set at 22.5 degrees Celsius – or 2.5 degrees cooler.

 

This fact is now being used to explain why women are always struggling with air conditioned offices, which are generally set at 22 degrees, a temperature found in research dating back to the 1960’s to be the most effective working environment.

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