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Hydration is key to job performance. Water coolers provide this hydration.
Water coolers. News 11/03/2012El Prat de LLobregat (Barcelona),3rd November 2012
Water coolers are able to supply water to a large group of employees, ensuring hydration of workers in the office or workplace a higher degree of sophistication are the coolers that take the water from the main offering a more robust system and require previous installation.
Therefore, both the water coolers that are used with mineral water bottles that are supplied by external companies and the water coolers (POU coolers) connected to the main, with different filtering options, are increasingly used in the workplace.
Dehydration, whether mild or severe, adversely affect intellectual abilities related to immediate memory and psychomotor skills that determine the movement and coordination. This is the main conclusion of the study "Cognitive Performance and Dehydration", published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition by Ana Adan, a professor at the University of Barcelona. The decrease of these skills damages, therefore, most working and academic activities by about 20%.
Therefore it is essential that employees have the possibility to hydrate in their workplaces. Water coolers are one of the alternatives implemented by companies.
Approximately 60% of the body mass of the body is water. A deficit of 2% in this index can begin to involve anaerobic and cognitive performance loss. According the study of Adan, more than a 5% loss of fluids, can be classified as severe dehydration. As stated Robert W. Kenefick and Michael N. Sawka, members of the 'U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine' of Massachusetts, in the scientific consensus on Hydration signed in 2006, the accidents typically increase during the hot months where sweating causes a greater loss of body water. Therefore, the two specialists advised that jobs have to take into account aspects such as temperature and physical intensity of work when planning the water supply.
The existence of water coolers improve the working environment and contribute to increased intellectual performance.
About Canaletas
Canaletas is a family company founded in 1965 which focuses on designing and manufacturing all kinds of water coolers and drinking fountains, along with the marketing of water filters. It has more than 40 different models adapted to the requirements of the end customer, as water coolers for companies, factories, home, schools ... etc.. Headquartered in El Prat de Llobregat (Barcelona),the company has offices in Madrid, Andalusia and the Basque Country, as well as an extensive network of distributors covering the whole country. In turn, is also present in the European Union and exported to many different areas.
Currently, Canaletas is the most experienced manufacturer of water coolers and drinking fountains in Europe and is characterized by its innovative spirit, this can be seen by the numerous patents that have been registered throughout its 45 year history. The company is now run by the second generation and is notable for the quality of its products that stand the test of time and offer a "life cycle" superior to most other coolers and drinking water fountains on the market.