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Air Conditioning and Sycamore Trees

The Anthropocene Reviewed

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Air Conditioning Is a Bad Idea

A cornell university study in two thousand four found that office temperatures affect work place productivity. When temperatures were increa s from 20 degrees celsius to 25, typing output rose by 150%. An error frequency dropped by forty four %. The author of the study said that it suggested raising the temperature to a more comfortable thermal zone saves employers about two dollars per worker per hour.

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