Benefits
Maintaining proper humidity (typically 40–60%) reduces the spread of airborne viruses, prevents dry eyes and throat irritation, and keeps employees more comfortable. This leads to fewer sick days and better overall productivity.
Healthier employees, fewer sick days
Optimal humidity (40–60%) reduces airborne virus survival, lowers respiratory irritation, and helps prevent dry eyes and skin—resulting in healthier staff and reduced absenteeism.
Higher comfort and productivity
Balanced humidity creates a more comfortable work environment, improving focus, reducing fatigue, and helping employees maintain consistent productivity throughout the day.
Better protection for office equipment
Proper humidity prevents static electricity and excessive dryness that can damage electronics, paperwork, and office furniture, extending the lifespan of valuable assets.
Humidity control in offices
Higher comfort and productivity in office environments
Maintaining optimal humidity levels (40–60%) helps reduce eye dryness, irritation, and fatigue, which are common during prolonged computer use. Proper humidity also supports overall comfort, concentration, and focus, leading to more productive screen-based work. Using a professional humidification system in dry conditions or a dehumidifier when humidity is too high, ensures that indoor air stays within this optimal and healthy range. Consistent humidity control not only protects employees’ health and reduces discomfort but also creates a more pleasant work environment, helping teams stay alert, efficient, and engaged throughout the day.
Potentially fewer sick days
Maintaining relative humidity between 40% and 60% in office spaces supports employee health and comfort. This range helps reduce respiratory irritation, dry skin, and eye discomfort, while also lowering the survival rate of certain airborne viruses. Using a properly sized humidifier during dry seasons—or a dehumidifier when moisture levels are too high—helps keep indoor humidity within this optimal zone. Consistent humidity control not only promotes healthier air but also improves concentration, reduces fatigue, and supports overall well-being. As a result, workplaces can experience fewer health-related complaints, enhanced productivity, and potentially a noticeable reduction in sick days.
Use cases
Anti-static and ESD prevention
Low humidity increases static build-up because dry air is an insulator, making electrostatic discharge (ESD) more likely. Maintaining 40–60% relative humidity helps dissipate charges and significantly reduces ESD risk.
Indoor evaporative cooling with humidification
Adiabatic evaporative cooling with additional air humidification lowers the room temperature, saves energy and improves the indoor climate – ideal for industrial, office environments and data centers.
Humidification boosts the immune system
Controlled humidity in buildings protects the self-cleaning function of the mucous membranes, reduces the risk of infection and strengthens the immune system. Dry air promotes respiratory diseases. Additional humidification ensures healthy indoor air and strengthens the immune system.
Humidity protects against dry eyes
Controlled humidity protects against dry eyes, eye irritation, burning and redness, and prevents strain during intensive computer work.
Healthy skin with optimal humidity
Symptoms and causes of dry skin, and tips for healthy skin through optimal humidity.
Humidity reduces respiratory infections
Optimal humidity reduces the risk of respiratory infections, shortens the lifespan of viruses, inhibits the spread of infectious viruses through the air and protects against colds, flu and COVID-19.
Healthy voice with optimal humidity
Optimal humidity protects the voice from strain, hoarseness and vocal problems. This is an important factor for better health and well-being – for example, in call centres, concert halls, opera houses or customer service departments, where the voice is put under a lot of strain and the quality of conversation is important.
Discover Condair in action
Jersey Air Traffic Control
Jersey Air Traffic Control has recently installed four Condair steam humidifiers at its centre in Jersey Airport, which is responsible for the coordination of air traffic in the busy skies above the Channel Islands. Air traffic control is a demanding role, with aircraft and passenger safety its primary goal, and the humidifiers help provide a comfortable and productive environment for air traffic controllers and engineering staff by combatting the visual discomfort created by dry air.
ADAC Center, Munich
In March 2012, ADAC™s new headquarters officially opened for business after six years of construction. Since December 2011, the office has been home to some 2,400 employees in over 100 professions, who were previously spread out across seven different locations. Bringing them all together in one place will encourage innovative ways of working, improve the speed of business processes, and simplify member services.
Bauhaus
The Bauhaus in Dessau is considered the home of modern 20th century architecture. The building was opened in 1926 and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996, together with the Bauhaus site in Weimar.First it was built as a university according to the plans of Walter Gropius. In the meantime it has become the headquarters of the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation. The design of the building, which for the first timerelied predominantly on steel and glass, had a lasting impact on the architecture of the last century.The focus is on the principles of functionalism combined with outstanding architectural quality. Condair CP3 steam humidifiers ensure a pleasant interior climate.
Sparkasse Mainfranken, Würzburg
Sparkasse Mainfranken Würzburg is one of the top savings banks in Germany. Since 2014, humidification at the Karlstadt branch has been ensuring an optimal indoor climate.
Das Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation IAO, Stuttgart (Germany)
In a 2-year study, the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO investigated the significance and effect of humidity in the office. The results show that humidity has a positive effect on the assessment of the workplace and can also have an effect on the health and performance of office workers.
JURA Kommunikations-Center, Nürnberg (Germany)
JURA Elektrogeräte Vertriebs-GmbH has been located in Nuremberg since 1987. 362 days a year, 30 employees are available in shifts for end customers and specialist dealers and advise and support them on all questions about fully automatic Jura machines and accessories.
Amundi Deutschland GmbH, München (Germany)
Amundi Germany is an expert in making the right investments. At its Munich office, the investment company manages assets of 52 billion euros and employs a total of 150 people. "The feel-good factor plays a very important role in the optimal working conditions of our employees," says Klaus Mutzl, Head of Operations Munich.
Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin (Germany)
The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) is a federal institute within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry of Health. In 2016, the RKI moved into a new four-storey laboratory and office building with an area of around 60,000 m2. There, for example, influenza experts from the RKI prepare weekly situation reports, examine which flu viruses are circulating and check the effectiveness of flu vaccinations.
Laverana GmbH&Co. KG, Hannover (Germany)
In the converted Laverana headquarters of the natural cosmetics manufacturer, it is shown how optimal air humidity and the natural materials used in the building can ensure a very special feel-good climate.
Jungheinrich Service&Parts AG&Co. KG, Kaltenkirchen (Germany)
In order to optimally meet the air quality requirements in the open-plan office worlds, Jungheinrich is using an additional direct room air humidification system at the Kaltenkirchen spare parts centre. The result is a high level of employee satisfaction and more health protection.
Albrecht Dürer Airport, Nürnberg (Germany)
Since 2019, direct room air humidification in the area of the security control area of Nuremberg Airport has ensured a consistently optimal humidity of 40 percent. The system, which is used in addition to duct humidification, protects employees and departing passengers from electrostatic discharges and at the same time makes a valuable contribution to greater well-being and health.
AOE GmbH, Wiesbaden (Germany)
Shortly before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the software service provider AOE decided to use additional air humidification. Since then, the company has not only been convinced of the positive effect of optimal air humidity, but also sees health protection as an independent corporate value. Hybrid models of presence and remote work will pose new challenges for AOE in terms of workplace design in the future.
BHS Bad Homburger Servicegesellschaft mbH, Bad Vilbel (Germany)
To keep the employees healthy, Bad Homburger Inkasso and BHS Bad Homburger Servicegesellschaft were looking for possibilities of subsequent air humidification. As an alternative to humidification in the ventilation system, direct room air humidification was able to meet all requirements for hygiene and operational safety.
Hannover Rück, Hannover (Germany)
Hannover Re is the world's third-largest reinsurer. The IT Service Desk looks after over 3000 employees at the Hanover location on all questions relating to the software and hardware of the workstations.
Bundesrat
The Bundesrat building in Leipziger Straße in Berlin can point to over a century of history. The planned, three-winged building was inaugurated by architect Friedrich Schulze-Kolbitz for use by the Prussian House of Lords in 1904. After the building was partially destroyed in the Second World War, it was renovated in the post-war period and then used for different purposes by various institutions of the East German government. Following German reunification, the building was converted, equipped with Condair's DL hybrid humidifiers, and has served as the seat of the German Bundesrat since September 2000.
Frequently asked questions
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