Development of an Illumination Control Method to Improve Office Productivity

نویسندگان

  • Fumiaki Obayashi
  • Misa Kawauchi
  • Masaaki Terano
  • Kazuhiro Tomita
  • Yoko Hattori
  • Hiroshi Shimoda
  • Hirotake Ishii
  • Hidekazu Yoshikawa
چکیده

A lighting control method has been proposed which adjusts the circadian rhythms of office workers and eliminates a decrease in the arousal level in the afternoon by exposing a high intensity of light in the morning in order to improve their productivity. As a result, it was found that the task performance of the CPTOP test under 2,100 lx was significantly higher than that under 700 lx and more than a 9% improvement of task performance was achieved. Furthermore, a demonstration experiment has been conducted in order to confirm the effectiveness of the proposed lighting control method in actual office rooms. As a result, it was confirmed that the performance of their accounting work was over 10% higher than under normal conditions.

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تاریخ انتشار 2007