Boosting productivity - with optimal office lighting

THE year 2016 will be tough for businesses in Asia. Negative growth in China has sent shockwaves across the rest of Asia, casting doubts on the region's economic outlook in 2016.

Productivity improvements are seen as one of the most important solutions to reverse slowing economic growth. Increases in productivity allow businesses to produce greater output for the same level of input, resulting in higher GDP while keeping costs low. However, many business leaders have mistakenly associated improvements to productivity with a reduction in costs.

A recent report by real-estate investment firm CBRE found that many organisations across Asia are under pressure to drive down costs and are doing so by reducing the size of workspaces. In Hong Kong, India and China, workspaces have shrunk from 100 square feet per desk to 50-60 square feet per desk over the last decade. This is nearly half that in Europe and …