Conserve energy, raise thermostat to 25 deg C

I FIND the buildings in Singapore very cold - sometimes extremely so.

Enter any cinema, hotel, office, etc, and one cannot help but to put on a jacket.

Even parliamentarians need to put on jackets - just watch any parliament sitting.

The usual excuse given is that the air-conditioning is centrally controlled, but why, in this tropical island, would building owners think that people are genetically disposed to temperatures below 21 deg C, when the normal temperature range is 28-33 degrees?

With global warming, every effort is needed to conserve energy. I suggest the temperature in our buildings be raised, following Japan's example, to 25 deg C.

Someone can do the maths and see how much that would save for us as a country.



Helen Low Beng Lan (Ms)