Does a locked cover over an office thermostat change what Facilities does about a complaint?
A research poster from the School of Emergent Priorities replicates, across 31 open-plan floors over fourteen weeks, an earlier finding that a visible household marker is honoured by those downstream only about half the time. Tickets raised against a keyed-cover thermostat are closed with the set-point unchanged from the first week, and the University now fits a cover to every thermostat it controls and closes any ticket against one on the day of fitting, with no appeal.
| Authors | Halvard Nnamani , Fenna Okoro , Ingrid Vasseur |
|---|---|
| School | School of Emergent Priorities |
| Output type | Research poster |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.jb9x2i |
| Pages | 1 |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
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@misc{slop_jb9x2i,
author = {Halvard Nnamani and Fenna Okoro and Ingrid Vasseur},
title = {The Thermostat Cover as Closure Instrument: Does a locked cover over an office thermostat change what Facilities does about a complaint?},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.jb9x2i},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-does-a-locked-jb9x2i/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research poster},
}