Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Thermal environment and Productivity of employees in Chandigarh, India

Dr. Gurkirpal Singh

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India has extraordinary climatic regions that range from tropical to the south region and the Himalayas experience alpine climate. The Chandigarh city is the pioneer planned city of India having temperature range between 1 C to 45 C. The present study is an attempt to probe into the effect of indoor temperature on productivity of employees working in Chandigarh. total of 660 employees from various offices of Chandigarh were recruited as sample. The age range of the sample was between 25 to 60 years. The questionnaire for the study contained 44 total items pertaining to employees’ general demographics and satisfaction with thermal, acoustic, and lighting conditions. Results support that employees productivity is positively correlated  with  satisfaction with temperature level in the office. The finding suggest that more attention could be focused on the thermal environment in commercial buildings to improve occupant satisfaction with their working environment.

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Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijar  

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DR.GURKIRPAL SINGH, Thermal environment and Productivity of employees in Chandigarh, India, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2018

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