dawiidioMar 20, 2025
mhoye

Exhibit 1: a paper explaining how CO2 concentrations in offices are associated with significant measurable cognitive decline.

https://dash.harvard.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/7312037d-db2a-6bd4-e053-0100007fdf3b/content

Exhibit 2: Aranet sensors are on sale right now.

https://aranet.com/en/home/products

Putting these together, I would like to propose that anyone championing the mandatory-commute, return to office approach to management who isn't carrying one of these on their person at all times is engaged in professional negligence.

Mar 20, 2025 at 3:15pmWeb
Show threadmhoyeMar 20, 2025
I think it’s telling that for all the talk about how you need to get people back into offices to “drive innovation” or whatever, that all the hackerspaces and successful conferences I’ve seen in the last two years have CO2 sensors everywhere and zero of the conference rooms do.
Show threadJeff GriggMar 20, 2025

@mhoye

CO2 levels are also a reasonable proxy for exposure to airborne diseases.

And that includes some pandemics, of course.

Show threadNKTMar 20, 2025
@mhoye *CO2
Show threadmhoyeMar 20, 2025
@Dss fixed thx
Show threadNKTMar 20, 2025
@mhoye That's an amazingly stark result. My two makerspaces, one is mostly outdoors, and the other has a scrolling CO2 level monitoring system.
Show threadChris SiebenmannMar 20, 2025

@mhoye All meeting rooms should have one of these (or something like it) with the audible alarm set to trigger at like 1k PPM CO2. "Alarm's gone off, everyone out, the meeting's over."

(I don't take mine to the office any more but I did for a bit and it was reasonably okay. But I have a nice office and there aren't many people in it. Even if we can't open the windows, unlike some other buildings around here.)

Show threadmhoyeMar 20, 2025
@cks I fully agree.