The biggest problem I have seen is poorly set up zones. Near the windows and center are run on the same thermostat, so sections will be too hot or cold depending on the thermostat location. Instead make the edges one region and the center another one. If employees are bringing in fans or heaters, you need you HVAC fixed.
>Instead make the edges one region and the center another one
That’s commercial HVAC Design 101 stuff. Has been SOP in typical office building HVAC design for many decades.
Zoning costs money, though, and when the entire east face is one zone in a large building, say, results can be less than optimal.
Agreed. I have worked at a desk in a new build-out. It got so bad I brought a thermometer in to work - it read 94 (F) on my desk. When I finally threatened to come in wearing Hawaiian shirts and shorts they re-balanced the system. I think it was the shorts threat... I’ve also worked in labs where “for the good of the equipment” they were kept at 65 degrees. We were all wearing hoodies and gloves because 65 doesn’t sound too bad, until you sit still working on a computer at 65...
The biggest problem is women in the workplace. Every office I had the misfortune of working in had the middle age battle axes of HR who demanded it be 85 degrees winter or summer.
“If employees are bringing in fans or heaters”
Gave me a flashback to years ago when all the woman in the company would put little ceramic heaters under their desks.
The ensuing panic to remove them when the Fire Dept. showed up for a surprise inspection was comical.