Development of an Illumination Control Method to Improve Office Productivity

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 perfo...

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Published inHuman Interface and the Management of Information. Interacting in Information Environments Vol. 4558; pp. 939 - 947
Main Authors Obayashi, Fumiaki, Kawauchi, Misa, Terano, Masaaki, Tomita, Kazuhiro, Hattori, Yoko, Shimoda, Hiroshi, Ishii, Hirotake, Yoshikawa, Hidekazu
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 2007
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Arousal Level
Biological Rhythm
Control Pattern
Office Environment
Office Worker
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Summary: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.
ISBN:9783540733539
3540733531
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-540-73354-6_102