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Indoor climate and productivity in offices: how to integrate productivity in life-cycle cost analysis of building services.

Author(s) : WARGOCKI P., SEPPÄNEN O., BOERSTRA A., et al.

Type of monograph: Book, Guide/Handbook

Summary

The main purpose of the guidebook is to increase the awareness of building owners and practitioners to indoor environmental quality and its importance for office work. This is attempted by showing how large profits can be obtained from fairly small investments.
The quantitative relationships presented in this guidebook can be used to calculate the costs and benefits of running and operating the building, as illustrated by several examples. One of the aims of these examples is to emphasize that the costs of running the building are much lower than the benefits from improved office work obtained by reducing temperatures or improving the indoor air quality. This is further presented in the guidebook by comparing the typical costs of wages, and typical energy and operation costs.
Extract from the table of contents: terminology; the role of indoor environment for performance; typical annual costs in an office building; the role of productivity; effects of indoor environmental quality on performance of office work; quantitative relationships between indoor environmental quality, performance and sick leave; calculation procedure; case studies; who benefits from improved indoor environment.

Details

  • Original title: Indoor climate and productivity in offices: how to integrate productivity in life-cycle cost analysis of building services.
  • Record ID : 30001240
  • Languages: English
  • Publication: REHVA (Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning Associations) - Belgium/Belgium
  • Edition statement: ed. 2
  • Publication date: 2007
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  • ISBN: 2960046854
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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