Working Spaces: Noise, Multi-Tasking and Satisfaction
Noise volume matters in the operating room, multi-tasking fails under neuroimaging, and occupant workspace satisfaction mainly depends on three factors.
Noise volume matters in the operating room, multi-tasking fails under neuroimaging, and occupant workspace satisfaction mainly depends on three factors.
Green office design can have positive effects on the attitudes and behaviors of people who work in them.
Brager and Baker investigated occupant satisfaction in mixed-mode buildings.
The Cost-Effective Open-Plan Environments (COPE) project has been an important source of information to workplace designers.
Fax machines, computers, scanners, and printers are all necessary for the way we work today. Unfortunately, such equipment also adds to indoor air pollution—in some cases quite significantly.
Examining previous studies, researcher William Fisk looked at the connection between air quality and the spread of respiratory illness, cases of allergies and asthma, and sick building syndrome.
Several studies examined plants' ability to remove gasses from the air, particularly some troublesome gasses that can contribute to substandard indoor air quality.
If you’re one of the millions of Americans traveling by car during the holidays, it is important for you to know that the smell of gasoline increases aggressive behaviors among male rats.
When air is moving, the perceived quality of that air is higher, even when the air is simply re-circulated air from the same space.
Occupant surveys reveal that people working in green buildings have different opinions about their building and their comfort.