Like many people who sit in open plan offices one of the most contentious issues is temperature. I’m always hot; that’s who I am. Others are always cold; that’s who they are. It’s difficult to do anything about that in a place where we all share the same air.
Comfort in a working space is greatly influenced by temperature and comfort greatly influences people’s productivity.
I’ve always wondered whether there was a better, more personal, way of dealing with different people’s temperature preferences.
Design firm Carlo Ratti Associati are try a better way at the Agnelli Foundation headquarters in Torino, Italy. By combining sensors and IoT technology with the air-conditioning system they are aiming to create personal “temperature bubbles”:
It will also add an important layer of personalisation through so-called “temperature bubbles” that workers will be able to set with a smartphone app that speaks to fan units in the ceiling. “Your own personal [temperature] setting will follow you through the building,” he said.
Mashable: This high tech office will give everyone their own thermal bubble
Yes, please! That’s all I’d like to say.
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