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Read MoreWhy would a company office have it’s thermostat set to 68°? That was our first thought when reading this news blurb. Sixty-eight degrees is freezing in an office environment where almost everyone sits at workstations or in cubicles all day. What sense does this make?
Chilly Offices Limit Productivity
Raising the temperature of an insurance company’s offices from 68 degrees to 77 degrees Fahrenheit (20 to 25 C) reduced typing errors by 44% and boosted typing output by 150%, according to a monthlong study by Alan Hedge of Cornell. The higher, more comfortable temperature resulted in a savings for the employer of about $2 per worker per hour, Hedge says.
Maybe this study was to justify the changing of thermostats to weigh the savings in energy vs. productivity?
When everyone is talking green, sustainable and smart energy use where are the smarts? Why is it 90+ degrees outside and inside staff are wearing sweaters? Guess we needed a Cornell study to justify cost savings/productivity.
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