Impact of LEED-Certified Affordable Housing on Asthma in the South Bronx

Garland, Elizabeth; Steenburgh, Erin Thanik; Sanchez, Sadie H.; Geevarughese, Anita; Bluestone, Les; Rothenberg, Laura; Rialdi, Alexander; Foley, Mary Ann

doi:10.1353/cpr.2013.0008

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“…Participants in high-performing, green certified buildings had better environmental perceptions, 30% fewer sick building symptoms, 26.4% higher cognitive function scores and 6.4% higher Sleep Scores than participants in the high-performing, non-certified buildings even after controlling for annual earnings, job categories, and level of schooling. The reduction in self-reported symptoms and improvements in environmental perceptions support previous research in green buildings [23, 24, 27, 30, 42]. Participant’s environmental perceptions do track actual IEQ conditions, but participants in green certified buildings are more likely to have a positive response even when IEQ conditions are the same.…”

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The impact of working in a green certified building on cognitive function and health

MacNaughton

Satish

Laurent

et al. 2017

Building and Environment

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Thirty years of public health research have demonstrated that improved indoor environmental quality is associated with better health outcomes. Recent research has demonstrated an impact of the indoor environment on cognitive function. We recruited 109 participants from 10 high-performing buildings (i.e. buildings surpassing the ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2010 ventilation requirement and with low total volatile organic compound concentrations) in five U.S. cities. In each city, buildings were matched by week of assessment, tenant, type of worker and work functions. A key distinction between the matched buildings was whether they had achieved green certification. Workers were administered a cognitive function test of higher order decision-making performance twice during the same week while indoor environmental quality parameters were monitored. Workers in green certified buildings scored 26.4% (95% CI: [12.8%, 39.7%]) higher on cognitive function tests, controlling for annual earnings, job category and level of schooling, and had 30% fewer sick building symptoms than those in non-certified buildings. These outcomes may be partially explained by IEQ factors, including thermal conditions and lighting, but the findings suggest that the benefits of green certification standards go beyond measureable IEQ factors. We describe a holistic “buildingomics” approach for examining the complexity of factors in a building that influence human health.

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The impact of working in a green certified building on cognitive function and health

MacNaughton

Satish

Laurent

et al. 2017

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“…A plethora of studies has also identified the benefits of workplace design to occupants performance, health and satisfaction (Birt and Newsham, 2009; Choi et al , 2012; Frontczak et al , 2012; Garland et al , 2013; Kamaruzzaman et al , 2011; Lee, 2013; Rashid et al , 2012; Rashid and Zimring, 2008; Thayer et al , 2010; Zhang and Altan, 2011). The other relevant studies done by Kato et al (2009) and Singh et al (2010) revealed how occupiers identify and evaluate the role of workplace environments.…”

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Workplace environment, employee satisfaction and intent to stay

Bangwal

Tiwari

2019

IJCHM

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Purpose The hotel industry suffers from retaining its employees, and to retain their employees is a big challenge to the hotel industry. So, the purpose of this study is to examine the causal relationship between workplace design features of hospitality industry with employee job satisfaction and their intent to stay through empirical validation. Design/methodology/approach As per the objective of the study, three hypotheses were proposed based on a comprehensive literature review on workplace design features of the hospitality industry. The proposed relationships were examined by using structural equation modeling approach with AMOS 18 as prescribed by Hair et al. (1998). Findings Significant evidence was found in favor of proposed hypotheses. The result of hypothesis testing showed workplace design features of hospitality industry to positively influence employee’s intent to stay through job satisfaction. Originality/value While the employee satisfaction and commitment has been a significant research topic for more than decades, barely any research has been conducted that focuses specifically on workplace design features of a hospitality industry. This study tries to make a link between workplace design with the employee intent to stay through employee satisfaction. These links are rare from an Indian perspective.

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“…Several environmental health studies on energy efficient retrofits have focused on measures of health [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] or housing conditions other than indoor air quality [20,23].…”

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“…The majority report energy efficient homes are associated with health benefits [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24], although Sharpe and colleagues report higher physician-diagnosed adult asthma cases among those living in energy efficient dwellings [25]. A recent meta-analysis by Maidment and colleagues found a small, but statistically significant improvement in health associated with energy efficient housing, but also acknowledge the need for additional research in this area [26].…”

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Indoor air quality and occupant comfort in homes with deep versus conventional energy efficiency renovations

Wells

Berges

Metcalf

et al. 2015

Building and Environment

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Deep energy retrofits (DER) for residential housing have been proposed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; these result in ~50% additional energy efficiency compared to standard renovations, energy star (ES) renovations. However, the impact of increased energy efficiency on indoor air quality (IAQ) is poorly understood. We conducted a longitudinal study to compare IAQ and occupant comfort in 12 low income single-family homes renovated to a DER or ES standard. Quarterly visits were conducted for a median of 18 months post-renovation; IAQ was assessed in 4 rooms per visit for a total of 237 measurements. Multivariable regression models accounted for repeated measurements and controlled for house-and family-related covariates. In fully adjusted models, average difference (95% confidence interval) in IAQ parameters in DER homes versus ES homes were: temperature: -0.3 C (-1.2, 0.6); relative humidity: 0.4 % (-1.1, 1.8); carbon dioxide: 43.7 ppm (-18.8, 106.2); and total volatile organic compounds: 198 ppb (-224, 620). Residents in DER homes were significantly less likely to report their homes were comfortable, most likely due to initial difficulties with new heating system technology. We found no differences in IAQ between DER and ES homes; however, education is strongly recommended when incorporating new technology into residences.

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Impact of LEED-Certified Affordable Housing on Asthma in the South Bronx

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The impact of working in a green certified building on cognitive function and health

The impact of working in a green certified building on cognitive function and health

Workplace environment, employee satisfaction and intent to stay

Indoor air quality and occupant comfort in homes with deep versus conventional energy efficiency renovations

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