ICE MACHINE in the 2nd floor office Break room

Adding an Ice machine would be a welcomed addition to the 2nd floor break room in the DuraTech office building. Currently there is quite a jaunt to get ice located in the far side of screening or on the 2nd floor break room in the new building. Adding an Ice machine to the office building break room would help increase productivity and workplace satisfaction. Reducing the number of steps to get cool water and ice would help office personnel to be able to focus on work more. Also personnel who have limited mobility would be able to have better access.

Health benefits of ice-cold water

Cold water burns calories - If you jump into a cold shower, your body instantly works to get it back up to its normal temperature – as it does this, your metabolism can increase by up to 550 percent of its resting level, burning calories in the process.

Cold water wakes you up - And not just in a comedy, bucket-in-the-face sort of way. Cold water activates cold sensors just under our skin, which then increase our heart rate and add a surge of adrenaline to give you that jittery (but good), alive feeling.

It makes you happy - Ice-cream is scientifically proven, by neuroscientists at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, to make people happy, stimulating the orbitofrontal cortex (or ‘enjoyment bit’) of the brain. It is veering a little off track, but if ice-cream can make you happy, then we’ll wager ice-water can too.

Cold water boosts your immune system - A few years ago, a German study revealed people who showered for two minutes in cold water developed fewer colds than those who took a hot shower. Why? Because the mild stress makes your immune system think it should be doing something and gives it a mini ‘workout’.