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How to Maximize Total Effeciency of the Office with
an HVAC System
Improvement of Indoor Air Quality with Smart Innovations from LG Electronics
People spend most of their working lives
indoors. This reality stresses the importance
of indoor air quality across working
environments. Statistics from the National
Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS) show
that people spend approximately 90 percent of their
waking hours indoors.[1] Furthermore, the average
person spends over 13 years of their life at work
according to one analysis from HuffPost Australia.[2]
At the same time, advances in technology have
reshaped daily life. Cities, buildings and the future
workplace is dependent on smart innovations.
The evolvement of HVAC system, which is one
of the key elements of building management, is
on course with this trend. There are three major
necessary conditions of HVAC systems; increase the
productivity of employees, meet the needs of office
buildings by traits, and promote both energy and
economic efficiency.
Healthy air to boost up the business
performance
The average person spends eight hours a day
breathing air from the office. Therefore, it is clear
that the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) of the office affects
business performance.
Studies have shown that productivity and indoor air
quality in the office are strongly linked.[3] Comparing
the performance of employees working in ‘healthy air’
to those working in ‘polluted air’, employees working
in healthy air made up an additional $15,500 more per
year.
Furthermore, the cognitive function was improved by
50 percent when the CO2 level in the office was lowered
from the normal concentration of 1,400 ppm to 600
ppm according to a study by Harvard T.H. Chan School
of Public Health.[4]
For this reason, it is crucial that offices manage the IAQ
by keeping a set temperature by adjusting the wind
direction automatically or utilizing a sensor to detect
when no one is present and stops operation.
Customized zoning satisfying the various
needs of buildings
From large office buildings to government offices and
apartment-type factories in a city, modern workplaces
vary in kind. Even single work environment is composed
of several distinct spaces that meet the needs of various
kinds of work. Therefore, flexible offices should be able
to apply HVAC systems optimized for orientation of the
building and interior space characteristics.
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