Do women feel the cold more than men?
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 Producer: Nicholas Barrett Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Rosie Strawbridge Sound mix: James Beard Editor: Richard Vadon
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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 Producer: Nicholas Barrett Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Rosie Strawbridge Sound mix: James Beard Editor: Richard Vadon
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