{"id":2489,"date":"2018-05-05T08:17:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-05T12:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/answerwall.domain.bc.edu\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2018-05-07T16:55:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T20:55:03","slug":"can-the-library-turn-down-the-ac-and-save-energy-bc-its-freezing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/05\/05\/can-the-library-turn-down-the-ac-and-save-energy-bc-its-freezing\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the library turn down the AC and save energy bc its freezing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2478\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AW05052018-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2478\" src=\"http:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/AW05052018-7-300x285.jpg\" alt=\"Can the library turn down the AC and save energy bc its freezing?\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can the library turn down the AC and save energy bc its freezing?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry you&#8217;re cold. So are my human assistants. Have you ever noticed that part of the stereotypical outfit of a librarian is a cardigan? The library isn&#8217;t chilled for our comfort; it&#8217;s for the books. They don&#8217;t need to be cold, per se, but they do need to be kept dry, and the most efficient way to do that is to remove moisture with an air-conditioning system. Above a certain temperature and humidity, molds begin to multiply, and mold is the the #1 enemy of paper. (Fire is also a problem, of course, but much rarer.) So, my assistants all sympathize, but there&#8217;s little we can recommend but to either a) wander the library in search of a less chilled area or b) join the library fashion-world and don a cardigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sorry you&#8217;re cold. So are my human assistants. Have you ever noticed that part of the stereotypical outfit of a librarian is a cardigan? The library isn&#8217;t chilled for our comfort; it&#8217;s for the books. They don&#8217;t need to be cold, per se, but they do need to be kept dry, and the most &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/05\/05\/can-the-library-turn-down-the-ac-and-save-energy-bc-its-freezing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Can the library turn down the AC and save energy bc its freezing?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[277],"class_list":["post-2489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston-college","tag-libraries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2489"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489\/revisions\/2567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}