Study confirms women are more productive in warmer offices

I remember reading somewhere that the different temperature preference has to do with different metabolisms among sexes.

Higher temperatures resulted in increased productivity among women and decreased productivity among men.

It seams that the optimal solution would be sex segregation - different offices for women and men.

The study doesn't say did they controlled for a clothing of a participant. Different genders tend to prefer different styles of clothing, it could have an impact on an ability to withstand uncomfortable temperature. So it is unclear are the differences found are caused by biological differences or by clothing (i.e. cultural ones).

I'd be careful generalizing this beyond Germany; DE is a weird place to do studies about AC because it's so much less common there than it is in e.g. the USA.

However, anecdotally, it's not just women. It's basically everyone except for obese men.

Tough issue, especially since we don't allow partial nudity in work environments and it's much easier to put on a sweater than it is to lose weight (or, in some cases, muscle).

The converse was also found. Men are more productive in a cooler environment, although the effect was not as dramatic.