One of the characteristics of the workspace we share is that maintaining a pleasant environment
is a collaborative effort. In particular, finding and keeping an appropriate setting for the
many thermostats that control the heating and cooling systems requires cooperation and some
degree of accommodation to varying individual preferences.

The technical staff has tried diligently to determine and set reasonable settings on all the
thermostats, including those for overnight and weekends. For a variety of reasons, and more so
when we are experiencing significant swings in the outdoor temperature, the saved settings may
not be ideal at any given time.

For those of you in an area controlled by a thermostat with an LCD display (most offices and
open pod areas), we ask that you check and/or adjust the temperature using only the buttons to
the right of the display. The display by default shows the current temperature in large numbers.
Pressing either the "up arrow" or "down arrow" once will change the display to show the current
setting (the word "Setting" appears above the numerical value:

Press either button again to change the setting in the chosen direction: the label "Temporary
Setting" appears above the new value. This setting remains in effect until the next cycle, which
in most cases is a nighttime setting. Please adjust the setting in small increments, and
remember to give the system time to react and effect your change: raising or lowering the
setting by several degrees will not change the temperature any faster.

If you find the need to regularly make these changes, please report this using our reporting
tool -- there too you can see if your neighbors have also reported the issue -- the technical
staff will make sure that the equipment is working properly, review the settings, and determine
what adjustments can be made.

If the control in your area is a slider underneath a cover (most experimental spaces), please
send in a report right away; these areas are supplied from two large shared heating and cooling
units, and require a different approach.