Three Studies in Office Settings Find Reduced Indoor Pollution or Increased Ventilation Significantly Boost Productivity

摘要

If you do office tasks that require concentration and accuracy, your performance will increase as indoor pollution levels decline, indicates a review of findings from three independent studies in Denmark involving 90 women. In fact, the researchers found that for every 10% of people who cease to be dissatisfied with office air quality as it improves, overall productivity for typing, adding, and proofreading tasks increases an average of 1.5%. That average ratio held true so long as 25%-70% of the workers were dissatisfied with the indoor air quality (IAQ). Thus, if the percentage of office employees dissatisfied with the air quality decreased from 70% to 30% , the overall productivity could be expected to increase by 6%.