Re: [GBlist] question about turning heat down

["Rush Dougherty" <RushD45@earthlink.net>]

I don't mean to flame or be insulting, but I find this a very strange
question from someone who is teaching a class....

Especially when I see a isp like tufts.edu which has a
http://www.tufts.edu/source/libraries.html and also a
http://ase.tufts.edu/its.asp

Makes one think about the quality of education today...
Rush

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anja Kollmuss" <anja.kollmuss@tufts.edu>
To: <greenbuilding@crest.org>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 8:51 AM
Subject: [GBlist] question about turning heat down


> I teach environmental classes and I run into this question again and
> again:
>
> How much should one turn down the heat at night: It it true that it is
> better not to lower the heat by more than 10 degrees (eg. to 58 from
> 68), because it would take more energy to heat the rooms back up (say
> fom 50 to 68)?
>
> Can someone explain this to me?
> Thanks so much!
> --Anja



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