Why women feel colder than men in the office – Ultimahora.com

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“In our newsroom there are computers, televisions, studies
 recording and other equipment to help us do our daily work. Also
 there is a white wool coat (although dust and use have been given a
 So one yellowish hue). It’s small size, it has no owner and,
 one time or another, we have used all the women of the BBC. And is that
 in this office, as in many others from around the world,
 Most of the time, but especially in summer, women are dying of
 cold “is what describes the journalist Laura Plitt, BBC World.

According to the professional, this is not a magical coincidence
 or casual. A pair of researchers say-men, for good measure the
 problem is that most offices set according to its temperature
 an old formula from the 60 it takes as a benchmark the pace
 metabolic (or BMR) of men.

To be more specific, that of a 40-year-old
 and 70 kilos of weight. This index calculates the body heat
 You need to dissipate into the environment.

“But women metabolism is usually
 slower than men, and this means that require an environment
 slightly warmer to lose less heat and maintain a temperature
 stable body “, he tells the BBC Boris Kingma, biophysicist
 Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and co-author of the study published in the
 Natural journal Climate Change.

The difference is largely due to women often
 be smaller and have more body fat, which has a more metabolic rate
 Slower than muscle tissue.

The current formula is consistent with the composition of the
 half a century workforce consists mostly of men do, but today
 day, the study says, “the model overestimates heat production of the
 Women during the rest up to 35%. “

Another factor that does not include, say the authors, is the
 costumes: women in summer tend to use more fresh clothes that leave
 more exposed body, while many men wear suit and tie.

Beyond to agree with women in battle
 control the air conditioning, the study recommends reducing
 gender discrimination in relation to maintaining thermal comfort
 offices to a warmer temperature during the summer, to generate less
 energy expenditure in order to combat global warming.