How to Improve your Home Office Efficiency?

If there is only one common point between working in an office or from home, it should be ergonomic design. Ergonomic design is conceived to improve productivity and efficiency and to minimize work-related stress injury and illness.

Be aware of back pain, repetitive stress injury or eye strain, they may be increased if you are not using the appropriate equipment.

• Lighting: overall light levels should be between 500 and 1000 lux for general working conditions; decreased to a level between 300 and 500 for computer work. You may need extra task light to read paper document.
• Worksurfaces: it is essential to place worksurfaces at the right height. Keyboards should be operated at a lower level of the general desk use. It is also advised to use rounded worktop edges to protect arms and wrists.
• Keyboard: place it in front of your body, between 10 and 40 cm, and at a level where it can be operated without having to lift the shoulders and with arms and wrists straight.
• Chair: an ergonomic task chair is a chair that accommodates a variety of movements and supports different postures. The height should be adjustable, the seat should be tiltable and edge rounded and the backrest to follow the spine.
• Storage: you may require two or three separate storage areas: one for the work in hand, it should be near or around your desk. Storage in an accessible location for bulk supplies and recent projects documentation. And a third system related to your working history.

Small improvement steps joined with strict discipline can make a big difference by creating an ideal work environment combined with efficient productivity.