Thermal Comfort: Workplace Matting for Winter
Thermal comfort describes workers’ state of mind when it comes to whether they feel too hot or too cold. Environmental, work-related, and personal factors affect thermal comfort in the workplace. As an employer, you have control over some environmental factors, such as sources of heat in the workplace and can influence personal factors (how much employees can modify their clothing to be more comfortable). Unfortunately, environmental factors (air temperature, humidity) and work-related factors (how physically demanding the work is) are harder to monitor and tackle. By taking special care in monitoring thermal comfort, you can improve morale and productivity in the… Read more