Is Your Business Hot And Cold?

It has been said that many Air Conditioners and Heaters have two settings – Too Hot and Too Cold. For some reason it seems impossible to please everyone in business with the right temperature. There seem to be three reasons for this

• Some people prefer slightly different temperatures, and get used to a particular temperature. A person who has a house that is warmed to 25C in winter will find an office at 22C cold
• People tend to warm up following physical exertion, and will tend to want cooler temperatures to compensate
• Some offices have cool spots and hot spots, due to poor airflow, poor insulation or drafts

The unfortunate thing is that people often feel cold in their extremities, such as their feet, and under a desk is one of the locations that is likely to have the worst air flow.

I was in a small office recently where not only was there a Split System Air Conditioner for heating, but the three or four staff members also had heaters under their desks. It could be argued that this was entirely reasonable since the office had door to the outside for deliveries, but the fact is that this is not a good use of energy. A Split System Air Conditioner is about 2.5 to 3 times more efficient at heating than a bar radiator or fan heater. Think about that for a moment – a Fan Heater that costs $0.25 per hour to run could be replaced by a Split System Air Conditioner that provides the same heating for about $0.10.

Of course, the Split Systems can also be managed to reduce your energy consumption. Redshift Wireless has an innovative solution that can manage almost any Air Conditioner with a remote control