Green Options » heating and cooling http://greenoptions.com/tag/heating-and-cooling Posts tagged 'heating and cooling' Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:34:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en ‘Cool U.N.’ Turns Thermostats Up, Carbon Emissions Down http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/10/cool-un-turns-thermostats-up-carbon-emissions-down/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/10/cool-un-turns-thermostats-up-carbon-emissions-down/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:34:03 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/10/cool-un-turns-thermostats-up-carbon-emissions-down/ Steve Cadman at Wikimedia Commons under a Creative Commons license.)When the weather’s warm in New York City, so are staffers at the United Nations’ headquarters on the East River. That’s thanks to a pilot program dubbed “Cool U.N.,” which raised the thermostats in U.N. offices from 72 to 77 degrees Fahrenheit during August (conference rooms were allowed to stay at a slightly less balmy 75).

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched the effort by saying he would wear lighter suits during August, according to a report from the Associated Press. Staffers followed suit, with women going sleeveless and men leaving their jackets off to keep cool in the warmer offices.

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