Banks, major retailers and hotels plan to keep their temperatures down at 20 degrees Celsius on recommendations, or some say indirect pressure, from government officials, who themselves have pushed their office temperatures down to 18 degrees Celsius to reduce power consumption.
In a meeting the Ministry of Knowledge Economy had with representatives from the services industry yesterday, a 5 percent decrease in power consumption was made as an industry-wide goal this winter.
Participants also agreed to encourage employees to wear long johns and turn off decorative lights.
"Most banks maintain their office temperatures at 20-22 degrees Celsius, but I expect more companies to join the nationwide campaign and lower it soon," said Shin Dong-gyu, chairman of The Korea Federation of Banks.
I've gotten used to teaching while wearing a winter coat. somewhere I have a pic of me teaching while wearing a wool hat, scarf and gloves in addition to the coat. 18 degrees isn't anything like that bad and one could easily be comfortable without extreme measures.
I approve of trying to saving energy, but I think they are going about it wrong. If citizens could be taught to close doors when they enter or leave a building, energy costs could be cut tremendously and rooms would be much warmer.
Another option would be to properly seal doors and windows to keep the heat in. This option might be dangerous if gas powered heaters rather than electrical heaters are used. There's a geek in Korea trying this out now.
Previously at Gangwon Notes: controlling air conditioner use and open door policy(1, 2).
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