Refresh pods and cold drinks: How Changi Airport helps workers beat the heat

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Refresh pods and cold drinks: How Changi Airport helps workers beat the heat
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SINGAPORE – It was quite literally a cool moment for Sergeant Irman Hamid last week, when he stepped into what he described as a phone booth-like machine at a staff resting area in Changi Airport. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE – It was quite literally a cool moment for Sergeant Irman Hamid last week, when he stepped into what he described as a phone booth-like machine at a staff resting area in Changi Airport.

Cool air is circulated within the pod for about 3½ minutes each time, and the air is cleaned using a process that includes ultraviolet-light sterilisation.Some 30,000 airside workers are expected to benefit from CAG’s new measures. Mr Yeo said the new refresh pods are a quick way for airside workers to cool down at their rest areas. Workers who are caught in the rain can also use them to dry off.

Workers at Changi Airport pictured drinking cold isotonic beverages while on break. PHOTO: CHANGI AIRPORT GROUP This means exposing new joiners to outdoor weather gradually, and allowing the recruits to take more breaks during their workday until their bodies get used to the working conditions.

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