Title: Re: [USMA:35331] Re: thinking Celsius outdoors
Dear Pierre, Carleton and All,
I seem to recollect that when Australian scientists were doing research on a solar house, they tried to keep the daytime rooms (kitchen, sitting room, and dining room) at about 20 °C but they weren't overly fussed whether this varied between about 18 °C and 22 °C.
However, they tried harder to keep the bedroom temperature close to 14 °C. This latter temperature was based on sleep research that suggested that most people slept well at this temperature. I also understand that we go to sleep more readily when we experience a drop in body temperature just as we go to bed. This is the reason that many people take a hot bath or shower just before they go to bed, as this can give them the required temperature drop.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin LCAMS
Geelong, Australia
61 3 5241 2008
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on 2005-12-06 11.47, Pierre Abbat at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Monday 05 December 2005 12:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Mine are set to 19 during the day (my wife is home all the time) and 13
>> late at night (2330-0600). I'm generally comfortable with that except in
>> early morning before taking a warm shower. Sometimes we turn it up to 20
>> but then upstairs gets a little warm.
>
> I have mine set to 16.5, which is about how cold it got before I started
> feeling chilly indoors. Sometimes, though, I have to huddle under the blanket
> before getting out of bed.
>
>> Outside, 15 or above feels OK, 10-15 a bit cool, 5-10 is put on the jacket,
>> and under 5 is cold. Anything over 22-23 is too hot, but then my ancestry
>> is Newfoundland and my birthplace is San Francisco. If there were a way to
>> jump from May 20 to September 20 I'd be happy.
>
> I feel about the same, except that it has to be at least 30 to be too hot. But
> 5 degrees rainy feels cooler than -1 with snow on the ground, probably
> because my feet get wet.
>
> phma
>
