Controlling temperature with personal preferences in offices could help save energy

There is never an ideal office temperature. If on employee feels the temperature just right, you’re sure to find another down the corridor whining about just how hot it is! Designers Beau Trincia, and Nash Hurley and Taylor Keep of VITAL Environments have come up with an ingenious way for personal temperature control in office spaces that not only makes working comfortable but also helps save up on energy costs, called “Comfort-On-Demand”! Using pressure-sensitive pads under office desks and on their surfaces to warm up, personal fans with adjustable nozzles and radiant chilling sails to cool, employees can turn up the heat or cool down their personal working spaces using a smartphone app. This could help offices save up on unnecessary cooling and heating costs.

Now we aren’t sure as to just how much money offices would really spend on all these gizmos, and giving workers temperature controls in their hands could, in some circumstances, increase energy usage too.

[Fastcodesign]