Study confirms women are more productive in warmer offices
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Study confirms women are more productive in warmer offices
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Re: Study confirms women are more productive in warmer offices
#2The study doesn't say did they controlled for a clothing of a participant. Different genders tend to prefer different styles of clothing, it could have an impact on an ability to withstand uncomfortable temperature. So it is unclear are the differences found are caused by biological differences or by clothing (i.e. cultural ones).
Re: Study confirms women are more productive in warmer offices
#3I'd be careful generalizing this beyond Germany; DE is a weird place to do studies about AC because it's so much less common there than it is in e.g. the USA.
However, anecdotally, it's not just women. It's basically everyone except for obese men.
Tough issue, especially since we don't allow partial nudity in work environments and it's much easier to put on a sweater than it is to lose weight (or, in some cases, muscle).
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#4I remember reading somewhere that the different temperature preference has to do with different metabolisms among sexes.
Higher temperatures resulted in increased productivity among women and decreased productivity among men.
It seams that the optimal solution would be sex segregation - different offices for women and men.
Re: Study confirms women are more productive in warmer offices
#5I'd be careful generalizing this beyond Germany; DE is a weird place to do studies about AC because it's so much less common there than it is in e.g. the USA. However, anecdotally, it's not just women. It's basically everyone except for obese men. Tough issue, especially since we don't allow partial nudity in work environments and it's much easier to put on a sweater than it is to lose weight (or, in some cases, musc…
Yeah it's to do with heat retention and surface to volume ratio. Bigger things have a lower surface to volume ratio so lose heat more slowly. I wonder if the particular study controlled for weight/height.
Re: Study confirms women are more productive in warmer offices
#6The converse was also found. Men are more productive in a cooler environment, although the effect was not as dramatic.
Re: Study confirms women are more productive in warmer offices
#7I'd be careful generalizing this beyond Germany; DE is a weird place to do studies about AC because it's so much less common there than it is in e.g. the USA. However, anecdotally, it's not just women. It's basically everyone except for obese men. Tough issue, especially since we don't allow partial nudity in work environments and it's much easier to put on a sweater than it is to lose weight (or, in some cases, musc…
> However, anecdotally, it's not just women. It's basically everyone except for obese men.
The study found men (all - not just obese) are more productive in a cooler environment.
Re: Study confirms women are more productive in warmer offices
#8I remember reading somewhere that the different temperature preference has to do with different metabolisms among sexes. Higher temperatures resulted in increased productivity among women and decreased productivity among men. It seams that the optimal solution would be sex segregation - different offices for women and men.
Try to promote that and see how it works out for you.