GUEST ARTICLE: The Office Is Half Empty, but the Whole Building Is Still Being Heated
It’s Friday morning and the boiler’s been running since half six. By nine o’clock, only 14 people are using an office with 48 desks, but the radiators are hot across the whole floor. The first question would be whether the air conditioning could heat the occupied areas without keeping every empty section at the same temperature.
The Office for National Statistics reported that 28% of working adults in Great Britain were hybrid working in early 2025. Yet plenty of heating schedules still assume everyone’s coming into the office five days a week.
Tom Houlker, HVAC Expert and Director at Houlkair, writes the following article…
