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To Save Big on Energy, Heat People, Not Air

Temperature control in the workplace is about to get way more personal.
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Sometimes the most effective way to solve a problem is by addressing it more directly.

The U.S. spends 13 percent of its energy heating and cooling buildings, but much of that energy goes to changing the temperature where people aren’t. If the ceiling of an office maintains a perfect 73 degrees Fahrenheit but nobody is levitating there to feel it, does it make a difference?