{
  "schema": "vedokrok.public-item.v1",
  "release_id": "MHC-RPUB-20260920-75ad787a",
  "url": "/knowledge/fix-thermal-discomfort-before-searching-for-a-cognitive-hack",
  "id": "MHC-D-RESEARCH-0888",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "title": "Fix thermal discomfort before searching for a cognitive hack",
  "summary": "A brain hack is a strange first response to a room you cannot tolerate.",
  "kind": "protocol",
  "body": "Thermal comfort was the most prominent IEQ factor in the 2025 productivity-model review. Before adding supplements, focus systems or more breaks, adjust clothing, airflow, shading, heating/cooling or workspace location when safely possible. Evaluate comfort and work function together.",
  "limits": [
    "There is no single ideal temperature for every person, task, season or building."
  ],
  "topics": [
    "union-digital-home-office-environment"
  ],
  "intents": [],
  "source_ids": [
    "RS-97BCB7708D80D5E4"
  ],
  "evidence": [
    {
      "claim": "A 2025 IEQ systematic review found thermal comfort was the most prominent environmental aspect represented in productivity models.",
      "source_id": "RS-97BCB7708D80D5E4",
      "role": "supports",
      "note": "There is no single ideal temperature for every person, task, season or building.",
      "locator": "See source record"
    }
  ],
  "use_when": [
    "You are repeatedly too hot or cold at the desk and interpret the resulting friction as low discipline."
  ],
  "avoid_when": [
    "There is no single ideal temperature for every person, task, season or building."
  ],
  "example": "Move away from a direct HVAC draft before redesigning the whole focus routine.",
  "check": "The obvious thermal problem is addressed before attributing performance entirely to motivation.",
  "steps": [
    "Name whether the problem is heat, cold, drafts or instability.",
    "Change one practical environmental control.",
    "Keep the work task comparable enough to notice the effect.",
    "Escalate building problems rather than accepting chronic discomfort as personal weakness."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "RS-97BCB7708D80D5E4",
      "title": "Assessment between indoor environmental quality aspects and productivity in buildings: a systematic literature review",
      "url": "https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132325004640"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "collections": [
    {
      "id": "RC-112961CC8EF10888",
      "title": "Make the environment carry more of the focus load",
      "url": "/collections/make-the-environment-carry-more-of-the-focus-load"
    }
  ]
}