There are generally two reasons that people get groggy and start to yawn in meetings. Sometimes, it's just a boring meeting. But more often than not, the problem is that the carbon dioxide level in the room has gotten too high by having people in the room for too long. CO2 makes you sleepy. Most air exchange units kick on only when the temperature deviates from what's set on the thermostat.
Our first floor meeting rooms are equipped with CO2 detectors that will cause the air exchange system to kick in if the level becomes too high. That will pump fresh air into the room, eliminating the yawning.
Now, if we could only figure out a way to prevent boring meetings.
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Could this happen anywhere a lot of people are gathered indoors - like in a movie theater or a church sanctuary?
Kathy:
I think it could, though as I think about our church, the really high ceilings would work against that idea. The movie theater that I was in yesterday (Harry Potter--that's what you get with thirteen year olds), had the A/C units running most of the time and was a big space with a few people in it.
But in principle, I suppose enough people could make any space feel stuffy.
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