Harvard Business Review: Is Your Office Too Cold To Be Productive?

Original Post:  http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Oct04/temp.productivity.ssl.html

Chilly Offices Limit Productivity

Raising the temperature of an insurance company's offices from68 degrees to 77 degrees Fahrenheit (20 to 25 C) reduced typing errors by 44% and boosted typing output by150%, according to a monthlong study by Alan Hedge of Cornell. The higher, more comfortable temperature resulted in a savings for the employer of about $2 per worker per hour, Hedge says.

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