The laws of physics have always eluded the Ministry of Works, Ministry of Public Blunders and Wonders, Dullards of The Environment, Pretty Stupid Ar$eholes, Zqirkmvv or whatever the latest stupid name is for the fools who allegedly fettle the primitive heating systems on our stations. Hence we measure temperature with a calendar, not a thermometer.......... Especially now that the Shirko civvies can whinge to their unions if the temperature is .1 deg below some obscure statutory limit, up sticks and bug ger off!
Perhaps it's just a way of making the poor $ods who've been stuck in their desert prison for the last few weeks feel at home when they return to civilisation......??