{"id":522900,"date":"2022-12-07T22:23:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T19:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-stay-warm-when-youre-working-from-home-without-turning-the-heating-on\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T22:23:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T19:23:03","slug":"how-to-stay-warm-when-youre-working-from-home-without-turning-the-heating-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-stay-warm-when-youre-working-from-home-without-turning-the-heating-on\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to stay warm when you&#8217;re working from home (without turning the heating on)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407a701dfb5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407a701dfb5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-stay-warm-when-youre-working-from-home-without-turning-the-heating-on\/#%E2%80%9CHow_to_stay_warm_when_youre_working_from_home_without_turning_the_heating_on%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How to stay warm when you&#8217;re working from home (without turning the heating on)&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_to_stay_warm_when_youre_working_from_home_without_turning_the_heating_on%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How to stay warm when you&#8217;re working from home (without turning the heating on)&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/how-to-stay-warm-when.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/how-to-stay-warm-when.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A blanket and dog help. Credit: eva_blanco\/Shutterstock\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/how-to-stay-warm-when.jpg\" alt=\"How to stay warm when you're working from home (without turning the heating on)\" title=\"A blanket and dog help. Credit: eva_blanco\/Shutterstock\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                A blanket and dog help. Credit: eva_blanco\/Shutterstock<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;re working from home all or part of the time, the chances are that your home working space is getting chillier as winter sets in. But with heating so expensive right now, having it on all day isn&#8217;t really an affordable option. So what can we do to stay warm?\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                In evolutionary terms, we are tropical animals: when naked and at rest, we&#8217;re <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4977175\/\">most comfortable in air around 28\u00b0C<\/a>, with an average skin surface temperature of 33\u00b0C. But to survive and function normally, we must also maintain our deep body (core) temperature close to 37\u00b0C. The process of doing so (thermoregulation) involves our body &#8220;sensing&#8221; its temperature\u2014we have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0149763409001559\">sensors just beneath the skin&#8217;s surface<\/a>  as well as in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4870994\/\">deeper tissues like the brain<\/a>\u2014then adjusting our heat production, gain and loss accordingly. <\/p>\n<p>In a cold room, the skin&#8217;s cold receptors are the first to be stimulated and cause the skin&#8217;s blood vessels to constrict, redirecting warm blood beneath the insulating fat layer we have just beneath the skin. Because hands and feet require blood flow to keep them warm and functional and have little fat coverage, they cool quickly. So, in a cold room, the first parts of us to feel the cold are the extremities: our fingers and toes.  <\/p>\n<p>If <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6858151\/\">cooling continues<\/a>, the superficial nerves, muscles and joints (especially of the arms) can become impaired, meaning that dexterity, speed of movement and sensitivity to touch suffer. This can make tasks like typing and texting harder, slower and more prone to error. Work efficiency can be further impaired by the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1660-4601\/18\/18\/9725\">distraction of feeling cold<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>The solutions<\/b>  <\/p>\n<p>Our first task is to keep our extremities warm by keeping blood flowing to them, and the best way of doing this is by maintaining (or raising) our core body temperature. <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no need to heat a whole house or room. You&#8217;re much better off heating yourself up, and it starts with making sure you&#8217;re wearing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate clothing.<br \/>\n                                            <!-- Google middle Adsense block --><\/p>\n<p>Clothes such as woolen jumpers and legging trap millions of tiny pockets of air which provide insulation. Thermals are great, but multiple layers of ordinary clothing can work just as well. If sitting, a blanket or duvet over the legs and waist can help. Add a hot water bottle underneath, or use a wearable electric blanket if you want. Remember, heating the human not the house is much cheaper.<\/p>\n<p>Because the temperature of the hands and feet dominates the overall perception of thermal discomfort, focusing on these areas is key. Think insulating socks, slippers and fingerless gloves. Placing your hands in your armpits when not typing can help, too. If you want to splash out, heated gloves and slippers could also be an option.<\/p>\n<p>As mountaineers say, &#8220;if you want warm hands wear a hat&#8221;. Scalp blood vessels <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.physiology.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1152\/jappl.1957.10.2.235\">don&#8217;t constrict as much<\/a> in the cold, meaning that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1359624\/\">heat can be lost<\/a> through the head. So it&#8217;s worth having a hat available on your desk. Heat can also be lost as it rises from underneath clothing and escapes at the neck. So wearing a scarf, buff or polo neck helps, too. <\/p>\n<p>You also might like to try exercising. Around three-quarters of the energy used for exercise comes out as heat, so just stepping up and down the bottom step of a staircase can generate <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/extremephysiolmed.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/2046-7648-2-16\">100 watts of heating<\/a> and start to raise your body temperature in a few minutes. A short period of exercise now and again can make a big difference to your thermal comfort and is good for your <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> health, too. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>Other tips<\/b>  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#13;<br \/>\nKeeping hydrated is important for ensuring blood flow to the extremities. You don&#8217;t need to drink loads, but drink if you are feeling thirsty. Warm drinks are definitely comforting and make you feel &#8220;warmer&#8221; but don&#8217;t, in fact, affect <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.nols.edu\/2016\/01\/11\/do-hot-drinks-really-warm-you-up#:~:text=Adding%20a%20hot%20liquid%20to,t%20really%20change%20that%20much\">your core temperature<\/a> much, or for long.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/li>\n<li>&#13;\n<p>You need to eat enough calories to burn for heat generation. Most of us eat more than enough, though, and &#8220;extra&#8221; isn&#8217;t generally needed unless you are ill or malnourished for other reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/li>\n<li>&#13;\n<p>Our cold receptors are very sensitive to changes in temperature, so draughts can make us feel disproportionately cold\u2014and also waste energy and cost money. Use draft excluders at doors. Ensure that heat loss around and through windows is minimized. Make sure that the attic is well insulated. Also, as cold feet cause thermal discomfort, keeping them off the floor out of any draughts helps. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/li>\n<li>&#13;\n<p>Stress can also reduce blood flow to the skin, making you feel colder so try and avoid stress when working at home (if you can). Or kill two birds with one stone: if you feel yourself becoming stressed, step away from your desk and do a few minutes of exercise. You could even stick your hat, scarf and coat on and go for a brisk walk around the block, which should clear your head and warm you up.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/li>\n<li>&#13;\n<p>You can check the temperature of your fingers by touching your lips, if your fingers feel warm on your lips they are getting some blood flow, if they feel cold you need to do something to warm them up.  <\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/li>\n<li>&#13;\n<p>If you are using your heating if possible heat the room you&#8217;ll be in rather than the whole house. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hip-magazine.co.uk\/turning-thermostats-down-by-1c-uk-could-save-uk-households-1-4-billion\/\">Turning the thermostat down<\/a> by just 1\u00b0C from 20 to 19\u00b0C can <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2022\/oct\/09\/uk-energy-bills-save-winter-gas-electricity-costs#:~:text=Turn%20down%20the%20thermostat%20from%2020C%20to%2019C&amp;text=Most%20families%20are%20happy%20with,your%20heating%20bill%20by%2010%25\">save you 10% a year<\/a> in energy costs, and there are further savings to be made by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/128720\/6923-how-much-energy-could-be-saved-by-making-small-cha.pdf\">reducing the temperature<\/a> to the minimum recommended level of 18\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    The Conversation<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg><use href=\"https:\/\/medx.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                This article is republished from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\">The Conversation<\/a> under a Creative Commons license. 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