Are you always fighting over the office temperature?

Do you and your workmates fight over the thermostat setting? A new study finds that the best compromise for maximum productivity is around 24ºC. — TNS

What's the perfect office temperature? Everyone you ask will have a different answer. For some people, an office climate bordering on frosty is ideal; for others, anything below subtropical necessitates a blanket, fingerless gloves and an illicit space heater.

There’s no one thermostat setting that will make everyone happy. But in a new study, University of Southern California (USC) researchers in the United States offer the temperature that facilitates optimal productivity.