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Downward Freezing Dog
Freezing AC is status symbol at some Asian offices |
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25 Aug 2005 |
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| Downward Freezing Dog Freezing AC is status symbol at some Asian offices In some tropical Asian cities, it's become a symbol of luxury to keep offices at an arctic chill. Hong Kong may be the world's coldest city when you're indoors, say researchers, who found the average office temperature is between 70 and 72 degrees Fahrenheit (72 to 78 is considered the optimum human-comfort range indoors). Workers in one office contend ... |
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| Topics: Asia, energy, Hong Kong, news (all these topics) |
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