I'm so behind on my posts, but wanted to just complain about the weather. These last two days I have been at energy modeling workshops at MIT. Outside it is hot and humid. Today it's supposed to get over 100 degrees with the humidity factored in - tomorrow even worse. Right now I am freezing! Granted I am wearing a skirt, but I have three layers on, even socks (I take them off when wearing my sandals - I won't go there). Yesterday morning, I had to leave the workshop to go buy a sweater/sweatshirt. Only, I found out that MIT students don't shop. The school bookstore was super overpriced and I walked and walked and there were no clothes stores around. After about 45 minutes, I was too hot to even think about buying a sweater so headed back to the classroom/workshop, only to be cold the rest of the day.
Granted, I appreciate being cold rather than hot. However, the irony is that I am at an energy conference - and here we are using more energy than is needed. These models are used to help fine tune the design so less energy is used and to understand better how the building and systems function, especially MIT who has put together a campus wide mandate. It might just be me. It's like the old days when I was the only girl in class (or there were only a few of us). Yesterday it was me and one other woman. Today there are four of us (out of about 30 people) - back with the boys (who have more mass and probably aren't cold)!
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