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Cooling setpoints matter most at the temperature extremes
Wargocki and colleagues recorded roughly 20 per cent higher task performance at 20 °C than at 30 °C: a stated performance loss like that is what keeps a cooling setpoint off the cut list.
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The evidence behind this sheet
12 factorsheets carry the studies for and against, each with how firm that evidence is.
- The evidence is very uncertain whether temperature affects sleep quality.
- Temperature has a non-linear effect on sustained attention.
- The evidence is very uncertain whether temperature affects fatigue.
- Temperature probably lowers satisfaction.
- Temperature probably raises stress.
- The evidence is very uncertain whether temperature affects visual comfort.
- Temperature has a non-linear effect on mood.
- Temperature has a non-linear effect on learning outcomes.
- The evidence is very uncertain whether temperature affects immune symptom risk.
- Temperature has a non-linear effect on information processing.
- Temperature has a non-linear effect on error rate.
- Temperature has a non-linear effect on heart rate.