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I am going to take a wild guess on this.

I had a ceiling fan that I used year-round (in the woods of new england) that could spin in either direction -- and at multiple speed settings.

In the summer it helped cool me by shooting air downwards and directly upon me when i sat underneath it. In the winter is helped distribute heat to far reaches of my cabin by pushing air upwards and around to the walls, while minimizing the amount of draft I felt in my personal space.

Can I assume that the standard flow direction for air is upwards for ceiling fans? And the author suggests pointing it downwards so it feels like a stronger breeze to those directly under it?

This is my best guess of course.

Regardless a sure fire way to save energy is to use the fan in conjunction with one's air conditioner (if one uses AC). The fan will help evenly distribute the refrigerated air, and you will find your AC unit cycling on less often as you do so.

On another note:
Check out this energy efficient heater/ceiling fan I found.
http://www.fanheatlight.com/the_fan.phtml
I think this is pretty neato.

cheers,
M.