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Our office is marketed as 24/7 operation. We needed our office manned 7 days a week 5am-11pm, so it seemed like a good fit, only building management turn off cl
by ourlordcaffeine 7y ago
Our office is marketed as 24/7 operation. We needed our office manned 7 days a week 5am-11pm, so it seemed like a good fit, only building management turn off climate control during the weekend, causing the temperature in the office to rocket up to unbearable levels. Their explanation was that they had to turn it off at the weekend to keep their green credentials.
- mabbo 7y agoFunny how the person paying the electricity bill always gets so concerned with their "green certification". Hint: there isn't any green certification that can be revoked, afaik. The big standard I often see is "LEED", but if you check them out, once a building gets LEED certified (at the design stage) you could literally build anything and there is no mechanism to remove that certification in your building.
- ourlordcaffeine 7y agoUnited Kingdom, not USA so maybe it's different
- ZeroGravitas 7y agoSomething about the way these anecdotes are told often seems to suggest "hah, aren't green regulations stupid" but the message I take is more "modern capitalist organisations can't even get basic things right when given incentives to do so". Bit of a Rorschach test depending on your preconceived notions I guess, though I've always thought of myself as pro-market and these stories make me question that.
- diffuse_l 7y agoAs I see it, these aren't green regulations at all. As mabbo mentions, there is no conformance enforcement after the design stage, and the whole thing feels like it being used for self-advertisment instead of actually being "green".
- diffuse_l 7y agoThe "green" is in quotes here, because the building office is basically a greenhouse (glass facade from all sides) in a hot climate where air conditioning is needed most of the year.
- mixmastamyk 7y agoAnother thing that sucks is that offices refuse to let in fresh air. Even in a warm climate the outside is often cooler than a closed up greenhouse with equipment running.
- ourlordcaffeine 7y agoI don't think they are stupid, I am just annoyed that the building management basically lied when they said "24-7" office.