The smarter way to manage offices in a hotter world
If the past few months are anything to go by, extreme heat is becoming part and parcel of the British summertime. As temperatures continue to rise, employers are under growing pressure to make sure workplaces can cope with the hotter conditions.
The challenge is understanding the smartest way to adapt, because the cost of leaving it to guesswork and getting it wrong is significant.
Senior Technical Architect at Ricoh Digital Experience Centre.
The UK’s June 2026 heatwave is estimated to have resulted in 24 million lost working hours and a cost to the economy of £1.15 billion in lost productivity. Those figures show the direct impact workplace conditions can have on business performance.
At the same time, hybrid working adds another layer of complexity, having fundamentally changed how offices operate. Attendance is far less predictable than it once was, so it’s harder to know where and when things like...
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