Many people feel down at work during September
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September might be the month for post-holiday blues but a new study has found that a demotivated workforce could be blamed on poor air quality in the office
As the winter nights draw in and the temperature drops, businesses are losing money unnecessarily through staff sickness. Dirty ventilation systems reduce the office air quality, resulting in staff suffering from headaches, fatigues and loss of concentration.
The researchers found that large open plan offices are often the worst affected as the automated heating increases pollutants such as dust and fungal spores in the air.
A report in the UK, carried out by Derek J.Clements-Croome at the University of Reading, found that staff productivity could be increased by up to 10 per cent if the conditions of the office environment improved.
Dermott Quinn, Managing Director of Ductbusters, said, ‘It is incredible that some businesses still invest so little in the maintenance of their ventilation systems when air quality has a direct effect on how their staff feel and perform at work.’
By Lauren King
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