Abstract
BackgroundThe effect of indoor environment may have an influence on the performance, productivity health and well-being of office workers.MethodsEnvironmental factors such as indoor temperature and illumination have been investigated at three levels. A neurobehavioral test (NBT) has been proposed for the evaluation of office workersc performance. A field lab to emulate an office has been created. In controlled condition of environmental factors, the neurobehavioral test was conducted. The response time and the number of errors in each test have been recorded. A randomized block factorial design was used to analyze the responses of office worker’s performance.ResultsThe results revealed that the independent and interaction effect of temperature and illumination have significant effect on the office workers’ performance. The effect of indoor room temperature has more influences than the effect of illumination. The effect of indoor temperature has 38.56% of contribution on the performance. The optimum levels of indoor temperature at 21°C and illumination at 1000 lux have improved the work performance and health of office workers.ConclusionThe indoor room temperature and illumination are more influence on the performance of the office workers. It may be concluded that the impact of indoor room temperature (38.56%) is more on the office worker’s performance than the effect of illumination (19.91%). Further, it may be concluded that the optimum level of indoor room temperature (21°C) and illumination (1000lux) have improved the work performance, health and productivity of office workers.
Highlights
An office is a place where professional duties and administrative work are carried out in the organization building
An attempt has been made to carry out a study on the performance of office workers by considering the indoor office environment
The results revealed that the independent and interaction effect of indoor room temperature and illumination have significant effect on the office workers’ performance
Summary
An office is a place where professional duties and administrative work are carried out in the organization building. The indoor room temperature and illumination are the most important vital factors that affect the performance of office workers. A neurobehavioral approach [4] had been proposed to evaluate the effect of office indoor room temperature and illumination on the office worker’s Performance. The performance of NBT decreased when the thermal condition in the indoor room was deviated from the neutral conditions. While comparing with neutral condition, the performance decreased at the slightly cool or slightly warm environment condition [1]. Call center worker’s Performance was reduced 5 – 7% while the indoor room temperature exceeds 25°C [5]. During the high indoor room temperature, the lower work performance was shown by the office worker. The effect of indoor environment may have an influence on the performance, productivity health and well-being of office workers
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