If you’re not a ‘fan’ of the hot weather businesses across the East Midlands have recently been trying to cope with, then it’s about time you looked into some of the extremely effective, efficient air conditioning units that can be installed in your workplace. Putting you in control of your working environment, a comfortable workforce will be far more productive, and a comfortable climate puts clients and customers in a much more receptive mood.
There’s no debate: Temperatures like the ones we recently experienced in offices, workshops, factories, and stores throughout the summer of 2022 are likely to be the new norm and something we should get used to and learn to manage better. Britain has been slowly getting hotter since the 19th Century, but in the last three decades, the temperature has crept up nearly one full degree. Heatwaves pushing temperatures towards 40 degrees are set to become more frequent, according to the BBC.
Stator Electrical Solutions is your local Commercial Electrician if you’re a Nottingham, Derby, Mansfield, or Chesterfield business. We undertake all types of commercial electrical work, from simple lighting and plug socket tasks to electrical compliance. We are an electrical vehicle and solar PV specialist, and we help organisations across the East Midlands to secure their premises with security and fire alarm systems, emergency lighting, and CCTV systems.
So what’s the law when it comes to the temperature of a workplace? Is there a maximum, or minimum temperature requirement at work? As it happens, there is no legal requirement: only guidelines. The UK Health and Safety Executive details that the approved code of practice for the minimum temperature in the workplace should be at least 16 degrees Celsius. However, there’s no limit to upper temperatures. The TUC, though, states that the comfortable range for humidity is between 40 ad 70 per cent, and it has called for the introduction of an upper limit on workplace temperature to force employers to act when temperatures inside reach 24°C. This could result in staff being sent home, and even employers facing prosecution if temperatures hit 30 degrees.
With higher workplace temperatures being far more likely, stay one step ahead of the weather and legislation. Now’s the time to invest in air conditioning. Control your workplace environment by speaking to a member of the Stator Electrical Solutions team now!
