As a business owner, you care about your employees. That’s why you do your best to provide them with a safe and supportive working environment. But there might be one thing you forget at your business that’s very important to your employees – sunlight.
Employees value access to natural light during their workday. A survey from Future Workplace of over 1600 employees ranked access to natural light as the number one workplace environment perk. Sunlight even beat out access to a fitness center or on-site child care! So why is sunlight so important to employees? Here’s why.
- It boosts your mood. Access to natural light naturally helps to regulate your mood. That’s why many people suffer from seasonal depression during the fall and winter when they aren’t getting as much sunshine in their daily lives.
- It’s healthier for you. Natural sunlight exposure has a lot of health benefits. For one, it’s how your skin absorbs vitamin D, a crucial vitamin that helps prevent bone loss and reduce heart disease, weight gain, and cancer. But vitamin D isn’t the only health benefit of sunlight. Natural light also helps to regulate your body’s circadian rhythms, which affects your overall sleep health.
- It’s better for you than fluorescent lighting. But unfortunately, a lot of people struggle under fluorescent lighting. It can cause headaches and other adverse symptoms as it can evoke a stress response in some people. Fluorescent lighting has also been linked to increased eye strain and even migraines when it’s a person’s primary light source day after day.
These health benefits show that letting in more sunlight has a lot of benefits for people, especially in the workplace. But what can you do to bring more sunlight into the workplace? Do you have to knock out walls? Add a skylight? It’s not always easy to add more sources of sunlight without significant work. Luckily, we have a simple solution – get your outdoor windows cleaned.
That’s right, the dirt, dust, and grime that build up on your exterior windows reduce the amount of natural light that comes into your building. The cleaner your windows are, the easier it is for all that warm sunshine to come into the workplace for your employees to enjoy. So ditch the heavy drapes and blinds and let the sunlight in. You can even install mirrors as well to reflect sunlight throughout the office. Your employees will love the extra sunshine, and you’ll love how much happier they are in the workplace. So call our team, and let us help you bring more sunlight into the workplace! (801) 994-6924
