Economic, environmental and health implications of enhanced ventilation in office buildings

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 14709-14722

  MacNaughton, Piers ^a   Pegues, James ^b   Satish, Usha ^c   Santanam, Suresh ^d   Spengler, John ^a   Allen, Joseph ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b United Technologies   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy and environmental costs; Green buildings; Health; Productivity

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH IMPACT; PRODUCTIVITY; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ECONOMIC COST; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY COST; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENHANCED VENTILATION; ENVIRONMENTAL COST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FAN COIL UNIT; GENERAL DEVICE; HEATING; LUNG VENTILATION; OFFICE BUILDING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRODUCTIVITY; UNITED STATES; VARIABLE AIR VOLUME; ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

UNITED STATES;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HEATING; HUMANS; UNITED STATES; VENTILATION;

EID: 84947556597     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121114709     Document Type: Article

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