A survey funded by the Forest & Wood Products Australia of 1000 indoor workers found those exposed to wooden surfaces said they were happier.
Adjusted to account for factors such as age, income, gender and workplace culture, the results found that 82 per cent of workers exposed to eight or more wooden surfaces in their workplace reported being ‘satisfied or very satisfied’ with work, compared to 69 per cent of respondents who were exposed to five to seven wooden surfaces and just 53 per cent with no wooden surfaces.
Though respondents said they were happier in an environment with timber surfaces, they maintain that the presence of wood had to be balanced by other elements such as light and plants.
“It needs to be in balance,” Robyn Lindsey, a partner at design firm Geyser, said. “If you have an office completely full of timber, it could be quite overwhelming. You might feel lost in a deep forest. You still need to be able to see the light at the end of the woods.”
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