Originally Posted by
firequall
How big was the room in proportion to the amount of people? The more people in the room, the warmer it will get. By keeping a consistently "cooler than normal" temperature it will account for the increase as more bodies occupy the space.
The room held 30 people (they were expecting 35) and was about 1000sq ft. The temp never seemed to rise during the day. At the noon break, I decided to be proactive and turned the temperature up to 71, having looked around and seen many in the audience shivering. A few people saw me adjust the thermostat and thanked me as they were too shy to do it. The second half of the meeting seemed to go by much faster and was more lively!
Originally Posted by
planemechanic
As I mentioned, hot people generally can't do much in this situation. Cold people in sweaters don't look out of place. Hot people who take off suit coats to display sweaty underarms do.
either way, sounds like one group suffers, but is the aesthetic of sweaty armpits more valid than someone in a sweater shivering?