Today, the average person in Germany walks only about 700 meters per day. This alarming figure 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 populations in Western countries. Researchers at the University of Queensland found that one hour of inactivity shortens life by 22 minutes. Furthermore, those who sit for an average of 8-10 hours a day can die up to five years earlier from the consequences of this lifestyle-related sedentary lifestyle.
What is the Aeris Active Office®?
Office environments, in particular, are contributing to the increasing lack of movement. 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 desks are slowly finding their way into everyday office life – but are rarely used for dynamic sit-stand transitions. Yet humans need movement with frequent changes in posture to stay healthy.
The Aeris Active Office® is the world's first workplace concept that focuses on the natural movement needs of humans and contributes to a more dynamic and therefore more human-centered workplace. "Rigid and standardized" becomes "dynamic and human-centered".
The concept combines insights from osteopathy, physiology, and psychology. Scientific studies confirm the positive effects of the Aeris Active Office®.
The Aeris Active Office® envisions a complete redesign of conventional office spaces – with office furniture and modules that correspond to the natural movement needs of humans and give them the opportunity to behave in accordance with their nature. The office is essentially transformed into a space for movement.
The Aeris Active Office® Desk, with its split sit-stand desk, encourages regular movement.
The central element is the electrically height-adjustable double desk Aeris Active Office® Desk. It consists of two interconnected and electrically height-adjustable work surfaces that allow spontaneous and intuitive changes between standing and sitting workstations.
No space in your home office? No problem!
Alternatively, you can also work in motion in the smallest of spaces with the space-saving Aeris Active Desk.
The advantages of height-adjustable Aeris desks
Reminder function
The reminder function on the desk helps you to regularly switch between standing and sitting at your workstation. Because to stay healthy in the long term, it's the total amount of movement throughout the day that counts.
Memory function
With the memory function, you can save your two perfectly fitting positions (sitting and standing positions) and quickly and easily recall them.
In addition, the 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 .
Why should I work in an Aeris Active Office®?
After a short time you will notice how the consistently movement-oriented workplace benefits your body and well-being, and complaints such as back problems, fatigue and lack of concentration will subside.
What's more: The longer you work in the Aeris Active Office®, the fitter, healthier and more motivated you will feel.
The advantages of Aeris Active Office® at a glance:
- Aeris Active Office® actively and sustainably counteracts civilization-related and chronic diseases such as back pain, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular weakness.
- Aeris Active Office® stimulates the circulatory system, metabolism and microcirculation, ensuring a good supply of oxygen and nutrients to the body.
- Aeris Active Office® gently trains the entire musculoskeletal system – joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments – thereby maintaining and promoting mobility.
- Aeris Active Office® activates the sensorimotor system, leading to better body control and enabling longer periods of standing while working.
- Aeris Active Office® increases quality of life and motivation at work because it significantly reduces health problems, fatigue and lack of concentration.
- Aeris Active Office® amortizes the investment costs after a short time through increased productivity and fewer sick days.
- Aeris Active Office® keeps you fit beyond the workday.
The Aeris Active Office® Desk lets you immerse yourself in an intuitive workflow. Work and movement merge seamlessly.
Study proves: Working in the Aeris Active Office® makes you healthier, more productive and more satisfied
The Aeris Active Office® is based on a scientific approach and was co-developed by, among others, Dr. Dieter Breithecker, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Association for Posture and Movement.
A study by Dr. Diana Henz at the Institute of Sports Science, headed by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schöllhorn at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, confirms the positive physical and psychological effects of working in the Aeris Active Office® on its users. The study was published in the scientific journal " Frontiers in Human Neuroscience ," the world's most cited journal in the fields of neuroscience and psychology.
The reminder function supports you when working agilely on the Aeris Active Desk.
In all comparative studies, the Aeris Active Office® performed significantly better than the conventional office setup consisting of a desk and a standard office chair (no active seat). The following areas were examined:
- Short-term concentration ability
- Long-term concentration ability
- Focus on work
- Attention even during monotonous tasks
- Concentration test
- stress
- Physical posture
- Level of alertness
Short-term concentration ability
Under time and precision pressure, significantly better performance was observed in the Aeris Active Office® compared to a conventional office. This means that test subjects were able to achieve a higher output and, due to increased concentration, made fewer careless mistakes. A compelling factor for companies!
Long-term concentration ability
Long-term concentration skills were also significantly improved in the Aeris Active Office®.
Applied to the office workday, this means that employees can maintain their sustained attention better than in a conventional office and are thus permanently more focused on their work.
More relaxation at work
During the two-week study, it was found that the participants exhibited a higher degree of relaxation. This so-called alpha activity not only indicates relaxation but is also an indicator of creative processes, which are more likely to occur in a relaxed state.
The increase in alpha activity was observed throughout the entire study period during work processes. Another positive effect of relaxation is the ability to maintain sustained attention. No training effects were observed in the conventional office setting during the entire study period.
More attention even in monotonous tasks
In all businesses, there are always monotonous tasks that can negatively affect employees' concentration.
However, in the Aeris Active Office® it was observed that the so-called beta activity, a measure of alertness and readiness to concentrate, was increased during the two-week study period, but not in the conventional office.
Applied to working in the office, the movement-promoting Aeris Active Office® concept keeps employees awake and ready to react.
Only by working while moving will you remain fit and productive in the long run 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 significant training effect was observed when working in the Aeris Active Office®.
The impressive thing is that after just two weeks, both hemispheres of the brain were active through working in the Aeris Active Office®.
This means that in the Aeris Active Office®, test subjects were able to demonstrate better concentration under great time pressure and high demands, as the brain was in an optimal performance state thanks to the activation of both hemispheres.
Activating both hemispheres of the brain enables creative problem-solving, which is much less likely to occur in a conventional office setting, where usually only one hemisphere is active.
Less stress
The study found that working in the Aeris Active Office®, which promotes movement, significantly relieves the cardiovascular system.
In contrast, the stress levels of the test subjects were significantly elevated in a conventional office. The negative consequences: High stress levels can lead to serious health problems; furthermore, stress negatively impacts concentration and leads to poorer work performance.
Improved posture - less muscle tension
Working in the Aeris Active Office® proves that movement is key to good health. Positive effects have been measured in both the shoulder and neck muscles.
Stretching the neck muscles not only improves head posture but also relieves strain on the shoulder muscles, reducing the need for compensatory movements. Specifically, this means less tension in the neck area.
Higher level of alertness
In addition to the measurable positive effects on brain and body, the level of alertness also improves in the Aeris Active Office®.
At the end of the study, the participants were five times more alert than the participants in a conventional office. Thanks to this increased alertness, people automatically become more satisfied and productive.
Conclusion
Working in the Aeris Active Office® has demonstrably significant positive effects on people's cognitive performance; in particular, the activation of both hemispheres of the brain represents a turning point in ergonomic office design. This not only increases employee satisfaction, but this additional performance and the unlocking of users' full potential contributes directly to company success, as employees become more creative and effective in tackling tasks.
