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The Source forSolutions
New ways to work, new challenges
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Totally mobile computingCloud storage
More mobile workforcePressure to reduce real estatefootprint per employee
cost and carbon
• Increasing collaboration both on projects anddocuments
Major Challenges• Accommodating multi-generational workstyles
– Millennials•••
Are multi-taskers
Prefer e-mail or IM to face-to-face conversationNot easily phased by noise or commotion• Less prone to back problems and other ailments
– Older generations•••••
Tend to be more linear
Prefer phone or in-person conversationNeed more focused concentration work areasMore prone to back problemsRequire more light to see
Ergonomic Challenge #1
• Ergonomically, laptop computers force badposture and should not be used at a desk all day long.
Ergonomic Challenge #2
• Under-desk Storage– LEED-mandated lower heights have led to storagebased systems with low open bookshelves.
are back injuries waiting to happen!These
Ergonomic Challenge #3
• Sound in Open Plan cuts both ways––
Distracting to many people
For newer employees, good way to disseminate collective knowledge through overheardconversations
For managers, good way to catch mistakes being made
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Ergonomic Challenge #4
• Light and energy usage– As we age we require geometrically more light
seeto
– Lighting uses 26% of average office building power
Age 20 Age 60
Laptop Use Response
• Treat the laptop as a CPU or monitor at most– Separate keyboard and mouse: Goldtouch Go is
small, light and protected to fit in laptop bag
– Raise monitor height with thin riser
Continue to provide adjustability
• At the office, even at unassigned desks,provide at least some that have keyboard trays and larger monitors on arms with easy plug-in for laptop without docking.
Sit or Stand
• Give people the opportunity to work standingup as well as sitting down. Even without atreadmill, standing can help users losesubstantial weight over the course of a year,
as well asrelieve back pain.
AE Computer Ergonomic Resources
• We work extensively with both Humanscaleand Workrite, as well as Chief, Innovative, ISE, ESI and othersWe carry our own branded ergonomic product
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as we source directly from CompX, the largestOEM manufacturer
We carry our own lines of electric height adjustable tables, plus SIS, Mayline and others
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Sound Attenuation Resources
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Acoustic workstation panelsSound masking system: Lencore Spectra
Lighting Resources
• LED Ambient lighting:– Waldmann moveable ambient lighting with
occupancy sensor and daylight harvesting sensors
Lighting Resources
• LED Task Lighting– Newest under-bin and swing arm options from
Workrite, Humanscale, Waldmann & Luxo
Panel and other Modular SystemsTayco Cosmopolitan combined with UP
Artopex Air
Fluid Concepts
Collaborative Video Huddles
• SIMO Corp IMT: Interactive Media Technology
Moveable Walls
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Alur GlassStarwall
Challenge: Seating
• If people are moving around and sitting andstanding, what chairs will fit?
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Simple, flexible and supportive