In the Southern realms of the US at least, academic centers maintain room temperature at WSRT year round because “77°, ew gross.” In fact, the only time those air conditioners turn off is when we are struck by errant polar vertices and our power grids fail. Postdocs described the experience as sweltering. 

Cheers,
Kat

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On Apr 1, 2024, at 8:20 AM, David J. Schuller <schul...@cornell.edu> wrote:


Looking forward to feedback from the Southern realms as to which should be higher; SSRT or WSRT.


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From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> on behalf of Nukri Sanishvili <sannu...@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 10:47 AM
To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Room temperature change from 25ºC to 20ºC
 
Excellent idea, Mark!
I think the solution to your dilemma is rather straightforward: we introduce a Winter Standard Room Temperature (WSRT) and a Summer Standard Room Temperature (SSRT). This way, the folks from locales closer to the equator can always use SSRT, while those from more temperate climates can take advantage of using both WSRT and SSRT.
The added benefit of this approach will be inclusion of researchers closer to either of the poles (which, forgive me for saying it, you so egregiously omitted from your considerations). Similar to the tropics, they could use just one standard - WSRT.
Hope it helps your and so many young scientists' careers.
Best wishes,
Nukri
 


On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 9:29 AM Mark <mjvanra...@cnb.csic.es> wrote:
Room temperature change from 25ºC to 20ºC

As a member of the inter-society standards commission St-Incent I have been asked to take the bearings of the structural biology community regarding a proposal to lower the universally understood room temperature from 25ºC (77º Fahrenheit) to 20ºC (68º Fahrenheit). Obvious advantages would be less heating necessary for experiments at this standard temperature. Given that laboratories nowadays are not commonly heated to this high temperature anyway, it does appear to make sense.

Members of tropical and subtropical countries have already expressed opposition to the proposal, because they have to reach room temperature by cooling rather than heating, so for them the proposal would mean more CO2 emissions, not less.

Please express opinions to this list today, so that I have time to collate them before the local deadline of 28 December.


Mark J van Raaij
Dpto de Estructura de Macromoleculas, lab 20B
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia - CSIC
calle Darwin 3
E-28049 Madrid, Spain


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