http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/03/12/warm-biz-cooling-off/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:14:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/03/12/warm-biz-cooling-off/#comment-75705 Toyota Japan’s greenest company, Japan Tobacco sixth » 世論 What Japan Thinks Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:20:06 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/03/12/warm-biz-cooling-off/#comment-75705 [...] survey can be cross-referenced with another recent one on Warm Biz from the same [...] […] survey can be cross-referenced with another recent one on Warm Biz from the same […]

]]> http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/03/12/warm-biz-cooling-off/#comment-73070 Janne Wed, 12 Mar 2008 01:21:07 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/03/12/warm-biz-cooling-off/#comment-73070 Cool Biz makes a lot more sense than Warm Biz; in office environments - large buildings with lots of people and equipment passively heating the premises - the savings of keeping cooler in winter are very small to nonexistent. Turning down air conditioners in summer, on the other hand, gives you a very substantive energy savings, and you get it at the time of year when energy use is at its highest. Cool Biz makes a lot more sense than Warm Biz; in office environments - large buildings with lots of people and equipment passively heating the premises - the savings of keeping cooler in winter are very small to nonexistent. Turning down air conditioners in summer, on the other hand, gives you a very substantive energy savings, and you get it at the time of year when energy use is at its highest.

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