Casual clothing and an increase of one degree of temperature in all environments to combat the heat and, at the same time, contain energy costs: this is what was ordered until 30 September by the Miulli ecclesiastical hospital in Acquaviva delle Fonti, in the Bari area, for cope with the increase in temperatures and the use of air conditioning.
Weather, in Puglia there is a hot emergency: red dot in Bari for 29 June
by Gennaro Totorizzo
“In compliance with the recommendations already made several years ago by Eni – reads the note – and by institutional entities such as the Ministry of the Environment, the Authority has ordered an increase of one degree of temperature in all To reduce the perception of heat, a new mode of clothing was also recommended to all employees, a comfortable and casual-style dress code that favors the shirt and t-shirt but without the tie. In fact, it has been shown that removing the tie produces an immediate lowering of the body temperature which can be evaluated between 2 and 3 degrees centigrade “.
Not only that: “In order to further contain energy consumption, Miulli has also set up a shutdown program for the Air Handling Units (particularly energy-intensive machines) during the night, on Saturday afternoons and on public holidays. This interruption is carried out in the areas common such as entrance halls, elevator blocks and corridors on all floors and in certain other areas of the hospital “.