Environmental perceptions and health before and after relocation to a green building

Building and Environment

Volumn 104, Issue , 2016, Pages 138-144

  MacNaughton, Piers ^a   Spengler, John ^a   Vallarino, Jose ^a   Santanam, Suresh ^b   Satish, Usha ^c   Allen, Joseph ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Environmental perceptions; Green buildings; Heart rate; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ERGONOMICS; HEALTH; HEART; LIGHTING; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTIONS; GREEN BUILDINGS; HEART RATES; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; OCCUPANT HEALTHS; SYMPTOMS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND (VOC);

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEALTH IMPACT; PERCEPTION; RELOCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84968546846     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.05.011     Document Type: Article

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