Impact of Indoor Air Quality (Ventilation) On Human Decision-Making and Productivity
Several lines of evidence indicate that inadequate ventilation with outside air is a fairly common problem in schools…
The performance of adults, including teachers and school staff, has also been shown to improve with higher ventilation rates. Since building energy use in the United States consumes about 40% of total energy use, engineers and architects are constantly trying ways to reduce energy use by reducing infiltration, and ventilation, and developing new technologies and systems.
Unfortunately, many of these efforts have resulted in degrading the indoor air quality with the result of increased rates of health problems such as sickness, asthma, and cancer. Reduced productivity is also suspected but it is very difficult to evaluate the cost of this loss of productivity.
