Environment and Productivity Correlation

How Temperature and Lighting Impact Our Productivity?

1- Temperature and productivity
—-> “When temperatures were low 20 degrees Celsius, employees made 44% more mistakes than at optimal room temperature of 25 degrees Celsius.” WHY?
Reason: The studies point out that, if you are cold, you use substantial amount of your energy to keep you warm, then you put less energy toward concentration, inspiration and focus.

2- Lighting and productivity
—> “Compared to the afternoon, people who had DL (Daylight) were significantly more alert at the beginning of the evening, and subjects who were exposed to AL (Artificial light) were significantly sleepier at the end of the evening.”
—> our cortisol levels drop significantly under artificial or poor lighting conditions. That means we’ll be more stressed and less ability to stabilize out energy

What we have to do to get better productivity?

1) Wake up before sunrise: studies show that, few extra hours in natural daylight can help our cortisol levels to be more naturally adjusted

2) Warm up your room or office not cool it down, say setting the conditioner temperature at least not below 25 Degrees Celsius

3) Focus on lenses-indirect light
Try to optimize our home and office to natural lighting.
If you are unable to do so, try to get away from direct lighting and focus on lens-indirect lighting instead.

It means a bright, almost daylight-like lighting environment, that still doesn’t strain your eyes with direct light.