Study Links Office Temperature To Keyboard Performance
BOURNE, Mass. - If your office is too cold, chances are that you might not be typing as accurately, or as much, as you could be. In a landmark study evaluating the impact of indoor environmental conditions on worker productivity, Cornell University ergonomics professor Dr. Alan Hedge found a 74-percent increase in typing mistakes and a 46-percent reduction in typing output when office temperatures fell from 77 degrees F to 68 degrees.
"The purpose of the study was to investigate the link between changes in physical environmental conditions and changes in work performance," Hedge explained. "Temperature is certainly a key variable that can impact performance."