Associations of Cognitive Function Scores with Carbon Dioxide, Ventilation, and Volatile Organic Compound Exposures in Office Workers: A Controlled Exposure Study of Green and Conventional Office Environments | paper by Joseph Allen, Piers MacNaughton, Usha Satish, Suresh Santanam, John Spengler, Jose G. Vallarino - Upcarta

Associations of Cognitive Function Scores with Carbon Dioxide, Ventilation, and Volatile Organic Compound Exposures in Office Workers: A Controlled Exposure Study of Green and Conventional Office Environments

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Jun, 2016
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Joseph Allen

Piers MacNaughton

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Usha Satish

Suresh Santanam

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John Spengler

Jose G. Vallarino

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The indoor built environment plays a critical role in our overall well-being because of both the amount of time we spend indoors (~90%) and the ability of buildings to positively or... Show More

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"Exposure to CO2 and VOCs at levels found in conventional office buildings was associated with lower cognitive scores than those associated with levels of these compounds found in a Green building." – Allen et al 2016. The effect seems to kick in at around 1,000 ppm of CO2.

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