Comments on: Top Ten Facts About Office Temperature

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:52:07 +0000

28 degrees is perfect.. thats rediculous. It’s an office not a summer vacation to Bali.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:47:31 +0000

People like rbk eat like they are hungry from hundreds of year and than require cool tempreture under 20c. The main thing is normal human body temperature is 36C to 37C so I and most of people think that 27C to 28C is perfect for them.

By: rbk

rbk — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:59:01 +0000

hello dean…

well. i had some problems about office temperature.
the others wanted 27C nomatter winter or summer.
im fat, heavy drinker, i eat lots of meat and i really need
cool and fresh air. that means: no more than 20C in the winter and 22C in the summer… my body generates lots of heat, so if its hot outside, i need a wet shirt to keep cool.
and also, fresh oxygen is important, so i keep the window slightly open if its cold outside (winter, autumn&spring nights)… and something more. the air moisture must be between 50-80, no less. Dry air is unhealthy and dusty.
So, working at 27C, no fresh oxigen, dry air…
Illness. Its not the environment we humans were created for.
20C, cool and wet air. thats heaven.

By: Dean

Dean — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:17:36 +0000

I have heard this too – something about moisture in the air – let me know if you find out

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:25:05 +0000

I’m trying to find info on a rumour that I heard about high office temperatures causing illness to spread more easily, like an ideal temperature for viruses. Does anyone have thoughts about this?

By: amanda zerbst

amanda zerbst — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:39:21 +0000

Temperature control is an ongoing problem in large government offices however what I find even more alarming is the lack of thought given by management when introducing new systems of work. Of particular concern are the OH&S consequences of the paperless office. Take a large group of people sitting at desks, make everything they read electronic, eliminating paper files, correspondence, change their system of work so that there is no variety at all, not even folding a letter, getting up to go to a printer, or answering a phone and this is a recipe for disaster. This is what NSW Government considers as progressive. At no stage at all during the planning or the implementation of this new system did anyone consider how this would adversely affect the health and welfare of the workers using the system.

By: nathan Howell

nathan Howell — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:25:58 +0000

The AS referenced has been withdrawn

By: Mitchell Page

Mitchell Page — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:43:25 +0000

This article is one of the best I have seen about office temperature. In my previous government department (police) there were always complaints about the air conditioning. if this article was about then it would have helped me explain better why there was so much difference in the temperatures.

Thank you for a good helpful article