[em-bee]

saved on what? heating?

in austria, decades ago they invented winter holidays to save on heating for a week. then they found out that it cost them more to reheat the building after that week, so now they just keep the empty buildings heated.

[tk75x]

There's a a point at which the off-time is long enough that the cost savings are more than the price to reheat the building. Making winter break two weeks longer is likely to cross that threshold.

[em-bee]

that makes sense. damn! if only the policymakers had realized that, we could have had more vacation.