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Survey Finds Office Dwellers Lacking Light, Air, Quiet

MALVERN, PA—Office workers continue to have limited access to daylight, experience poor air quality and uncomfortable temperatures and are distracted by too much noise in their workplace, according to a new national survey by a global building products company.

Electrochromic SageGlass controls the daylight entering a modern office, one of the key environmental factors highlighted in a workplace survey by Saint-Gobain, manufacturer of the glass Electrochromic SageGlass controls the daylight entering a modern office, one of the key environmental factors highlighted in a workplace survey by Saint-Gobain, manufacturer of the glass

MALVERN, PA—Office workers continue to have limited access to daylight, experience poor air quality and uncomfortable temperatures and are distracted by too much noise in their workplace, according to a new national survey by a global building products company.

The responses from 400 office workers surveyed nationally by Saint-Gobain, one of the world’s largest building materials companies, point to a need to improve the quality of the office environment nationwide by creating spaces that are built to benefit employee well-being.

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Steve Lubetkin

Steve Lubetkin

Steve Lubetkin is the New Jersey and Philadelphia editor for GlobeSt.com. He is currently filling in covering Chicago and Midwest markets until a new permanent editor is named. He previously filled in covering Atlanta. Steve’s journalism background includes print and broadcast reporting for NJ news organizations. His audio and video work for GlobeSt.com has been honored by the Garden State Journalists Association, and he has also been recognized for video by the New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has produced audio podcasts on CRE topics for the NAR Commercial Division and the CCIM Institute. Steve has also served (from August 2017 to March 2018) as national broadcast news correspondent for CEOReport.com, a news website focused on practical advice for senior executives in small- and medium-sized companies. Steve also reports on-camera and covers conferences for NJSpotlight.com, a public policy news coverage website focused on New Jersey government and industry; and for clients of StateBroadcastNews.com, a division of The Lubetkin Media Companies LLC. Steve has been the computer columnist for the Jewish Community Voice of Southern New Jersey, since 1996. Steve is co-author, with Toronto-based podcasting pioneer Donna Papacosta, of the book, The Business of Podcasting: How to Take Your Podcasting Passion from the Personal to the Professional. You can email Steve at [email protected].

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