Thermal Comfort: A Fresh Look at an Old Issue, Part 1
For those owning, designing, building and furnishing workplaces, thermal comfort has newfound significance. Studies link thermal comfort and physical effects of uncomfortable temperatures with how workers perform, including conditions where decision-making suffers. The conversation is reaching an audience that can make it happen: building owners. A 2016 Dodge Report on healthy buildings said 64% of owners and clients desire better air quality in their buildings, and 62% want enhanced thermal comfort. The reason? Competition for the best talent continues to grow more intense, and superior thermal comfort leads to happier, more fully engaged employees. Talent recruitment and retention is one pillar of the business case for thermal comfort, and it’s lending encouragement to innovators to help achieve it. In simple terms, everyone is thermally uncomfortable to some extent. Successfully managing thermal comfort integrates an understanding of how workers sense temperature and the ways of controlling temperature where they are working. …
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