Employees are the most valuable resource to most companies; according to World Green Building Council, they account for approximately 90{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} of operating cost. Thus, a small improvement in productivity can have a large impact on businesses: a 10{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} increase in productivity can offset the cost of rent. Wellness & Productivity has always been a popular fact in developers, investors, designers, employers, and employees.
Personnel costs significantly outweigh the costs of design, construction, operations, and maintenance of offices. Addressing employee health channels resources towards reducing the largest line item in the 30-year costs of a building – the personnel – offering a meaningful return on investment.
Wellness & Productivity
Employers, building owners, designers, developers, and investors throughout the world are learning, in response to an increasing body of evidence, that office design affects the health and well-being of occupants in many ways and so it is a smart business move to create green buildings that are healthy.
Statistics for Wellness & Productivity
Recent research from Global Wellness Institute indicates that productivity correlates with health and wellness, even more, doubling the health level of an office can double productivity, below some statistics might give you some insights on how health influences productivity and performance.
- Air: Productivity improvements of 8-11{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} are not uncommon as a result of better air quality.
- Water: Being dehydrated by just 2{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} can impair performance in tasks that require attention, psychomotor and immediate memory skills.
- Nourishment: Eating unhealthy is linked with a 66{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} increased risk of loss of productivity
- Light: Focused work increased by 15{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} for those who had window views.
- Fitness: Rare exercise is linked with 50{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} increase4d risk of low productivity
- Comfort: 4{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} reduction in performance at warmer temperatures and 6{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} reduction at cooler temperatures. 66{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} drop when exposed to distracting noise.
- Mind: 6{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} increase in concentration levels for those who saw the green roof, while 8{e3829ec1db02d54faaf9fa2de0d48db26af01d7a7944a63c3b26976124791cab} drop for those who saw the concrete roof
Body system & wellness
Green Office & Productivity
The report Building the Business Case: Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Green Offices from World Green Building Council provides practice examples of healthy, green offices, showing that employers who care about the environmental impact of their buildings as well as the health and well-being of their staff, and take action to improve the quality of the workplace, are rewarded by improved productivity and loyalty, which can be worth many times more than their investment.
Green Office
