Healthy sleep policy
90. Healthy sleep policy
High-quality sleep is essential to good health. Adequate sleep improves mental health, is necessary for maintaining sustained mental and physical performance throughout the day, and can help to prevent unhealthy weight gain.
This feature sets reasonable work hour limits that reinforce a healthy sleep and wake rhythm, puts a time limit on engagement with work tasks, provides appropriate places for recovery and renewal, and formalizes explicit food and drink provisioning to bolster good sleep patterns. Adopting this feature demonstrates the organization values quality of sleep and understands its impact on overall worker productivity and well-being.
Ceiling height that is proportional to room dimension provides an expansive, comfortable and open feel to interior space. Floor to ceiling heights for regularly occupied spaces meet the following requirements:
The following requirement is met for middle and high schools:
Applicability Matrix
| Core & Shell | Tenant Improvement | New Construction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1: Ceiling Height | - | O | O |
| Part 2: Delayed Start | - | - | - |
| Commercial Kitchen | Schools | Multifamily Residential | Restaurant | Retail | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1: Ceiling Height | O | O | O | O | O |
| Part 2: Delayed Start | - | O | - | - | - |
Verification Methods Matrix
| Letters of Assurance | Annotated Documents | On-Site Checks | |
|---|---|---|---|
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PART 1 (Design) Ceiling Height |
Architectural Drawing | Spot Check | |
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PART 2 (Protocol) Delayed Start |
Architect | Architectural Drawing |
| 90.2.a |
The American Academy of Pediatrics notes that school start times earlier than 8:30 am contribute to insufficient sleep and circadian disruption, and urges middle schools and high schools to consider school start times that allow for optimal sleep levels. |