Industries have gradually changed from manual-based ones to machine-based ones, with more and more office operations. Meanwhile, many major occupational risks have gradually decreased in working environments. However, with the wildly use of 3C products in work, the problem of sore eyes has become popular among workers. In addition to basic practices:Regular rest and relaxation for eyes,Reduce of 3C product usage time,Vitamin A supplement, work environments also should be improved! The following are three indoor design defects that will worsen your sore eyes:

【Three Indoor Design Defects that Worsen your Sore Eyes】

Insufficient lighting

Everyone understands the importance of lighting for work, but what kind or how much of lighting is enough? In fact, Taiwan’s regulations have already provided a basic standard.《The Law of Occupational Safety and Hygiene》, clearly defines thatworkplaces should be equipped with sufficient light, the light should be evenly distributed, the light-dark ratio should be appropriate, and the glare of the light should be avoided. In addition, according to different work content, lighting of different light intensity (unit: candela) should be provided on the work surface:

Therefore,the light intensity of common office working environments should be at least 300 candela or more on the work surface.But due to the popularity of the modern style of indoor design in recent years, some designers have deliberately lowered the overall environment lighting in order to look very atmospheric, which is not worth the loss for our eyes. Moreover, the light intensity should be measured by corrected instruments rather than by feelings. It is recommended that the employers arrange third-party testing for accurate light intensity data (because it is the employer's responsibility to provide a suitable working environment)!

Wrong lighting direction

This is an important concept that is often overlooked by everyone! We usually know that we shouldn't look directly at the sun (the source of light), but in the office, everyone may unknowingly look at the source of light for a long time. The following are two common error conditions:

→ Situation 1: There are large floor-to-ceiling windows around the company. Although it can create an broad vision in the office, the sun with lower level, and the reflection of light from surrounding water towers or the metal surfaces of other buildings, may shine directly into your eyes through these windows.If there is a huge window behind your computer, these light sources will also shine directly into your eyes for a long time while you are staring at the computer screen.The most concise and effective solution for this problem is toAdd Curtains. In accordance with the changes in the lighting environment outside the window, you can decide how to open the curtains appropriately.

→ Situation 2: There are floor lamps in some workplaces, perhaps for overall aesthetics. However, the heights of these floor lamps are usually close to the heights of sitting people. If the floor lamps are placed in a poor direction, their strong lights may be reflected by the computer screen and enter your eyes. Solution:Adjust the direction of the light source to prevent any employee from the reflecting light on the screen, orRemove all the floor lamps. In fact, the situation where the light source is reflected on the screen and enters the eye may also come from the outdoor light source under condition 1.

→ Situation 3: If there is a glass-made table mat or a smooth surface on the desk in the workplace, there is a chance that the light source from the ceiling will be reflected into the eyes through the desk. Solution:Use matte table mats.

It can be seen from the above that a good light source direction design must avoid direct or reflected strong light into the eyes (as shown in the left picture below). Good lighting should be designed asSide lighting(As shown in the right picture below). At the same timeplease adjust the seat direction of employees according to the directions of the light sources(Because it is possible that my side light is your reflected light).

Low environmental humidity

Previous studies have shown thatLow environmental humidity is significantly related to the occurrence of dry eye syndrome. However, the air-conditioning system used in the office usually does not have a humidifying function. The longer the air-conditioning is used, the relative humidity in the room will gradually decrease. Concise solution:Put a glass of water in the office.

Of course, there are many other environmental risk factors that affect the symptoms of sore eye, such as: air pollution, temperature, wind speed, etc. Besides, personal health factors should also be considered. But as long as you work with our recommendations to improve the above-mentioned bad indoor designs, we believe that It must be helpful for the symptom relief!