Saturday, August 8, 2015

Chilly at Work? Office Formula Was Devised for Men

Was hesitant to post this, but it has data. An excerpt:
Finally, scientists (two men, for the record) are urging an end to the Great Arctic Office Conspiracy. Their study, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, says that most office buildings set temperatures based on a decades-old formula that uses the metabolic rates of men. The study concludes that buildings should “reduce gender-discriminating bias in thermal comfort” because setting temperatures at slightly warmer levels can help combat global warming.
Read more in the NYT. And more in NY Mag.

Thanks, +Alexandra Davis and +Katherine Stiner 

Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .