I recently attended a product training class on high volume low speed fans, and a statistic was thrown out to the audience that really got me thinking. A NASA study, Compendium of Human Responses to the Aerospace Environment*, showed that worker productivity falls significantly for every degree over an optimum temperature of about 72 degrees. If the temperature hits 85 degrees in the workplace, productivity drops by 18% and accuracy a walloping 40%.
Comfort and Productivity: It’s Worth It
March 15, 2016
by Scott Stone
Tags: worker environment, temperature comfort, fire safety, air quality, hearing loss, noise, lighting quality, ergonomics, Safety & Ergonomics
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