IBM: office buildings can be more efficient (Houston)
Many office buildings across the nation are operating in ways that result in lost productivity and added costs, according to a survey of U.S. office workers by International Business Machines Corp.
The IBM Smarter Buildings study asked 6,486 office workers in 16 cities about their experiences with elevator wait times and how environmentally-friendly their building is. The study also asked whether their buildings had Internet access, badge access, lights and thermostats that adjust automatically when people enter and leave rooms and utilized renewable energy sources.
Los Angeles had the most efficient buildings among the 16 cities surveyed, which included Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Denver and Chicago.
Results show that a lot of time is wasted waiting for elevators and being stuck in elevators across the country.
Houston respondents said they spent a cumulative 2.9 years worth of time stuck in elevators during the last 12 months. A total of 125 years worth of time was wasted in this fashion by all of the respondents, IBM stated.
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