Blog9 January 2017

Office Wars: the costly effect of temperature related disagreements

With winter in full swing, offices across the country once again return to the hot topic of office temperature. Whether you’re too hot or too cold in the office, there’s no avoiding the debate.

A survey carried out on behalf of Andrews Sykes heating solutions found that 80% of all office workers complain about the temperature and spend an average of 7.4 minutes per day trying to adjust their temperature in order to create a comfortable working environment.

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In total, almost £15 billion is wasted each year in the UK, on employees trying to adjust the temperature in their office.

We explored the ins and outs of the data in our latest infograph as well as looking at the more creative and interesting ways office workers have tried to keep their cool or warm their cockles when the office temperature becomes uncomfortable.

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