What is the Aeris Active Office?
The average person in Germany now only walks around 700 metres a day. This is an alarming figure that particularly affects the more than 20 million people who work in offices in this country.Lack of exercise is one of the greatest health risks for people in western countries. Researchers at the University of Queensland found that one hour of inactivity shortens life by 22 minutes. In addition, people who sit for an average of 8-10 hours a day can die up to five years earlier from the consequences of the lifestyle disease "sitting".
Office environments in particular are allowing a lack of exercise to become more and more widespread. The world of work is constantly changing, but the workplace itself has hardly changed in the last 30-40 years: it is dominated by a desk with a supposedly ergonomic office chair.
Height-adjustable tables are slowly finding their way into everyday office life, but are rarely used for dynamic standing-sitting changes. People need movement with lots of changes in posture to stay healthy.
The Aeris Active Office is the world's first workplace concept that focuses on people's natural need for movement and contributes to a more active and therefore more humane workplace. "Rigid and standardized" becomes "active and humane".
The concept combines findings from osteopathy, physiology and psychology. Scientific studies prove the positive effects of the Active Office. The Aeris Active Office envisages a consistent redesign of conventional office spaces - with office furniture and modules that meet people's natural movement needs and give them the chance to behave in accordance with their nature. The office is essentially transformed into a movement space.
The Aeris Active Office Desk ensures regular exercise with its split sitting and standing deskThe central element is the electrically height-adjustable Aeris Active Office Desk double desk. It consists of two interconnected and electrically height-adjustable work surfaces that allow spontaneous and intuitive switching between standing and sitting workstations.
No space in your home office? No problem! Alternatively, you can work on the move in the smallest of spaces with the space-saving Aeris Active Desk.
A reminder function on the desk helps employees to regularly switch between standing and sitting workstations. Because in order to stay healthy in the long term, the sum of movements throughout the day is what counts.
With the memory function, you can save your two precise positions (sitting and standing position) and recall them quickly and easily.
In addition, Active Office offers a wide range of accessories – from privacy screens and innovative cable management to ergonomic office chairs such as the Aeris Swopper , Aeris 3Dee or Aeris Numo Task as well as an ergonomic anti-fatigue mat for standing workstations – the Aeris Muvmat .
The topographical 3D structure in the standing mat activates the foot reflex zones, relaxes the muscles and keeps the body moving: like walking on forest floor. The result: comfortable, joint-friendly standing without "swollen" legs.
Why should I work in an Aeris Active Office?
After just a short time, you will notice how the consistently movement-oriented workplace is good for your body and your well-being, and how complaints such as back problems, tiredness and lack of concentration are reduced. What's more, the longer you work in the Active Office, the fitter, healthier and more motivated you will feel.The advantages of the Aeris Active Office at a glance:
The Aeris Active Office Desk lets you immerse yourself in an intuitive workflow. Work and movement merge together.Study shows: Working in the Aeris Active Office makes you healthier, more productive and happier
The Aeris Active Office is based on a scientific approach and was co-developed by Dr. Dieter Breithecker, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Working Group for Posture and Movement, among others.A study by Dr. Diana Henz at the Institute of Sports Science headed by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schöllhorn at the Johannes Guttenberg University in Mainz confirms the positive physical and psychological effects of working in an Active Office on users. The study was published in the scientific journal " Frontiers in Human Neuroscience ", the world's most cited journal in the field of neuroscience and psychology.
In all comparative tests, the Aeris Active Office performed significantly better than the conventional office setup, consisting of a desk and a conventional office chair (no active seat). The following areas were examined:
The reminder function supports you when working agilely on the Aeris Active Desk.Ability to concentrate in the short term
Under time and precision pressure, significantly better performance was observed in the Aeris Active Office than in the conventional office. This means that the test subjects were able to achieve a greater volume of work and made fewer careless mistakes due to the increased concentration. An exciting factor for companies!
Long-term ability to concentrate
The ability to concentrate in the long term was also greatly improved in the Aeris Active Office. Applied to the office working day, this means that employees can maintain their sustained attention better than in a conventional office and are therefore permanently better focused on their work
More relaxation while working
During the two-week study, it was found that the subjects showed a higher level of relaxation. This so-called alpha activity not only indicates relaxation, but is also an indicator of creative processes that are more likely to occur in a relaxed state. The increase in alpha activity was observed during work processes throughout the entire study period. Another positive effect of relaxation is the ability to maintain sustained attention. There were no training effects in the conventional office during the entire study period.
More attention even during monotonous work
In all companies there are always monotonous tasks that can have a negative impact on employees' ability to concentrate. In the Aeris Active Office, however, it was observed that the so-called beta activity, an indicator of alertness and ability to concentrate, was increased during the two-week study period, but not in the conventional office. When applied to working in the office, the Aeris Active Office concept, which promotes movement, keeps employees awake and ready to react.
Only if you work in motion will you stay fit and efficient in the long term and prevent back pain and tension.Concentration test
One of the most remarkable results came from the concentration test. Gamma activity measures the concentration processes taking place in the brain. After the two-week study, a clear training effect was observed when working in the Aeris Active Office.
The impressive thing: After just two weeks, both halves of the brain were active as a result of working in the Aeris Active Office. This means that in the Aeris Active Office, the test subjects were able to concentrate better under great time pressure and high demands, as the brain was in an optimal performance state thanks to the activation of both halves of the brain. By activating both halves of the brain, creative problem-solving becomes possible, which is much less likely to happen in a conventional office, where only one half of the brain is usually active.
Less stress
The study found that the exercise-promoting work in the Aeris Active Office significantly relieves the cardiovascular system. In the conventional office, on the other hand, the subjects' stress levels were significantly higher. The negative consequences: A high stress level can lead to serious health problems, and stress also has a negative impact on the ability to concentrate and leads to poorer work performance.
Better posture - less muscle tension
Working in the Aeris Active Office proves that movement is the key to good health. Positive effects were measured in both the shoulder and neck muscles. Stretching the neck muscles not only improves head posture, but also relieves the shoulder muscles, which have to intervene less to compensate. In concrete terms, this means less tension in the neck area.
Higher level of alertness
In addition to the measurable positive effects on the brain and body, the level of alertness also improves in the Aeris Active Office. At the end of the study, the test subjects were 5 times more alert than those in the conventional office. Thanks to the increased level of alertness, people automatically become happier and more productive.
Conclusion
Working in the Aeris Active Office has been proven to have significantly positive effects on people's cognitive performance. In particular, the activation of both halves of the brain is a turning point in ergonomic office design. This is because it not only increases employee satisfaction, but this additional performance and the utilization of the users' full potential contributes directly to the company's success, as employees become more creative and effective in completing tasks.
