BMJ  2008;336:1454 (28 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.39619.621736.3A

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Climate change

Why so many open windows?

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The BMJ is to be congratulated on repeatedly returning to the topic of measures to combat climate change, and encouraging doctors to take an interest in the issues.¹ Preventing unnecessary fuel usage is important not only in combating global warming but it also leads to financial gains.

On 28 February I paid a visit to a local general hospital (500 beds plus) to count the number of open windows in all areas—there were 358. The building is some 30 years old. Most of the original windows were replaced with double glazed ones some years ago. I have difficulty working out how effective the double glazing is when the windows are open.

On Good Friday (21 March) I visited a friend in a surgical block at another hospital—on one face of the block I counted 40 open windows. At yet another hospital on Easter Monday, a particularly chilly day, there were . . . [Full text of this article]

¹ Birmingham

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