The sweet smell of fresh air…
| Pages | 10-12 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/eb057162 |
| Published date | 01 January 1981 |
| Date | 01 January 1981 |
| Author | John Coyle |
| Subject Matter | Economics,Information & knowledge management,Management science & operations |
The
sweet
smell
of fresh
air...
By John Coyle,
Myson Marketing
CONTROLLING the environment
of factories and offices is vital for two
reasons - it saves money and it
improves employee morale.
Let us deal with the second point
first. With effective heating one can
ensure that employees do not freeze
to death during cold weather. But if
the temperature is too hot people will
visibly flag during the course of the
day. And this is especially true during
hot, humid weather when all those
who work for enlightened companies
like American banks bless the
benefits of air conditioning.
I can use no better example than
myself.
During the middle of Summer
we had air conditioning installed in
our offices. Not only did I immedi-
ately feel the benefit, but it was clear
that the rest of the people working in
the office felt better as well and their
work performance improved substan-
tially.
The installation of window and wall
fans can, of course, provide ventila-
tion of which some sort is necessary to
remove the impurities in the air
caused by having a number of people
present in a room. But there are other
methods apart from fans that can be
used to stop employees feeling
drowsy and this brings me to the first
reason for controlling the environ-
ment - the saving of money.
That air conditioner, which I men-
tioned earlier, is, to give it the full
title,
a "Myson Supastyle" split sys-
tem air conditioner with heat pump.
Quite simply, this means that it will
supply degrees of cooled or heated air
at the flick of a switch.
The unit is so called because the
components are splits into two units-
an outdoor condensing unit which
does most of the work and an indoor
room unit or evaporator which dis-
penses heated or cooled air to the
room.
In hot weather, the outdoor con-
densing heat pump unit pumps a
refrigerant into the heat exchanger in
the indoor evaporator unit. The warm
air inside the room is drawn in by the
centrifugal fans in the base of the unit,
passes through the refrigerated heat
exchanger and is expelled as cool
clean air.
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