Labor costs can reach an estimated 70% of total business costs. For smart building stakeholders and city leaders, there’s growing awareness of the importance of employee wellbeing – and the role lighting solutions can play in
optimizing employee wellbeing.
5 Ways Human-centric Design is Improving Wellbeing in Commercial Buildings.
1. Wellbeing investments result in happier, healthier employees.
• Improved indoor air quality (IAQ).
• Better health with less absenteeism and presenteeism (defined as people who are not fully functioning at work because of illness).
• Higher levels of employee empowerment, job satisfaction,
and productivity.
2. Improved employee wellbeing cuts business costs.
Today’s lighting is proven to help employees.
• Productivity lost due to absenteeism is estimated to cost over $80 billion.
• A study in Forbes suggests that presenteeism costs the US economy more than $150 billion per year.
3. Unchecked, an unhealthy building harms employees.
• Exposure to indoor air pollution can lead to respiratory damage and pulmonary impairment.
• Building materials with chemical toxicants can harm respiratory, endocrine, and neurological systems.
• Insufficient or improper lighting can cause discomfort, diminished job performance, and lower job satisfaction.
• Poor ventilation leads to short-term illness (coughing, sneezing, fatigue) and serious health problems (lung cancer, asthma, allergies).
4. Today’s lighting solutions are proven to increase employee wellbeing.
• Improve productivity
• Reduce fatigue
• Better respond to shift changes
• Improve mood
• Lower the rate of depression
• Increase cognitive performance
5. A connected lighting system can monitor and control indoor conditions that affect employee wellbeing.
An innovative lighting system can deliver the empowered office and human-centric approach that helps optimize employee wellbeing. Advanced lighting technology from Cooper Lighting Solutions includes:
• IoT
• Tuneable LEDs
• Sensor platforms
• Advanced wireless networks
