Chill! There’s a Reason Why the Government Wants Your AC to Be Set at 24 Degrees

AC taisi democracy?

conditioners, next they will ask us how much rice to eat?"

Questions such as these have been floating in the Twitterverse ever since the government proposed to set 24° Celsius as the mandatory default setting for our air conditioners.

People on Twitter were concerned that their AC temperatures would be permanently fixed at 24° Celsius by the government. Untrue.

A default setting simply means that when you power ON your AC, it will start at 24°C setting. However, you can always change the temperature according to your needs.

 RK Singh recently launched a campaign to promote energy efficiency in the area of air-conditioning. "Every one degree increase in the air-conditioner temperature setting results in saving of 6 per cent of electricity consumed," Singh said in a statement. 

He added: "Normal human body temperature is approximately 36-37 degree Celsius, but large number of commercial establishments, hotels and offices maintain temperature around 18-21 degree Celsius. This is not only uncomfortable but is actually unhealthy.