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Are office temperatures set too low in the summer for women to be comfortable?
This idea has featured in news headlines and comedy videos which describe the summer as a “women’s winter”.
But is there evidence behind the claims of a gender bias in air conditioning?
To find out, we speak to Gail Brager, Director of the Center for Environmental Design Research at UC Berkeley, and Boris Kingma, a senior researcher at TNO, the Netherlands Applied Research Institute.
Presenter: Lizzy McNeill
By BBC Radio 44.7
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Are office temperatures set too low in the summer for women to be comfortable?
This idea has featured in news headlines and comedy videos which describe the summer as a “women’s winter”.
But is there evidence behind the claims of a gender bias in air conditioning?
To find out, we speak to Gail Brager, Director of the Center for Environmental Design Research at UC Berkeley, and Boris Kingma, a senior researcher at TNO, the Netherlands Applied Research Institute.
Presenter: Lizzy McNeill

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