| No. | Type | Topic | Title | Author | Publisher | Date | Available? | ISBN | Keywords | Source | Abstract |
| c | Article | design | Inside the Office | DUFFY F, TRICKETT T, OADES R, ET AL | Architects' Journal, v186(33 & 34), 33-39, 42-47, 50-51, 53-55, 57-59, 64-65, 67-81 | 1987 | N | offices' design, new technologies | BRE-Library | This special issue includes a series of articles and case studies concerning modern office design which deal with the need for design flexibility, the arrangement of personal space, cabling for office technology, advanced lighting, air-conditioning, refur | |
| 2 | Article | indoor environment, productivity | The impact of the building indoor environment on occupant productivity - Part 1: Recent studies, measures, and costs | Lorsch H, Abdou O | ASHRAE Transactions, v.100, pt.2, p.741-749 | 1994 | Y | productivity, building costs, productivity measurement | BRE-Library | It describes three recent large studies of office-worker productivity, discusses productivity measurements, and relates productivity to building costs. Determining a quantitative relationship between environment and productivity proved to be highly contro | |
| 3 | Article | indoor environment, productivity | A human factors approach to performance and productivity | Rohles F | ASHRAE Transactions, v.100, pt.2, p.735-740 | 1994 | Y | building performance, productivity, human factors | BRE-Library | A theoretical and untested model for describing performance and productivity is presented in which performance (P) is equal to the product of an individual‘s ability (A) and his or motivation or drive (D), plus an operational factor (O) that consists of f | |
| 4 | Article | Lighting, productivity | Widening the benefits of lighting controls. | Johnson E | Energy in Buildings and Industry, v.14 no.6, p.12-13 | Jun-95 | Y | productivity, lighting controls, energy consuption | BRE-Library | Expresses the view that the benefits of controls must be considered on a far wider basis than simple pay back calculations. There are a dozen reasons for using lighting controls: reduced time from concept to completion; design flexibility; flexibility in | |
| 5 | Article | IAQ, productivity | Report claims major productivity gains from IAQ improvements. | National Energy Management Institute (NEMI) | Indoor Air Quality Update, v.7 no.5, p.1-3 | 1994 | Y | IAQ, productivity | BRE-Library | Summarises the findings of a comprehensive study commissioned by the National Energy Management Institute (NEMI), which concludes that improving indoor air quality in all US non-industrial commercial buildings could result in an annual productivity gain o | |
| 6 | Article | environmental satisfaction and self-assessed productivity | Associations between health symptoms, environmental satisfaction and self-assessed productivity: preliminary results from an interventional study of fluorescent light flicker, health and productivity in office personnel.International Academy of Indoor A | FLEMING M E, PHIPPS R A, STUDMAN C J | In the Proceedings of Indoor Air '99, the 8th International conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, held in Edinburgh, Scotland | 8-13 August 1999 | Y | health symptoms, environmental satisfaction, productivity | BRE-Library | An interventional study was conducted in three data entry offices assessing the effects of fluorescent light flicker on the health and productivity of office personnel. Participants completed a questionnaire on a daily basis that included their health sym | |
| 7 | Article | productivy | Designing for productivity | RAYMOND S | Architects' Journal, v.209 no.15, p.43 | 15-Apr-99 | Y | design, productivity | BRE-Library | How is it possible to prove that good design can improve business productivity? A recent debate addressed the issue. (Author abstract) | |
| 8 | Article | IAQ, productivity | Value of indoor air quality to productivity | FLATHEIM G | CIB World Building Congress, Gavle | 7-12 June, 1998 | Y | IAQ, productivity | BRE-Library | Indoor Environment and Sustainable Development - Are They Compatible?, Construction and the Environment CIB World Building Congress | |
| 9 | Article | IAQ, productivity | Personal control systems still bring productivity gains. | IEQ Strategies, v.10 no.4, p.10-12 | 1997 | Y | IAQ, productivity, workstation, personal control | BRE-Library | Two of the recurring themes in indoor environmental complaints centre on thermal comfort - trying to satisfy the different needs of occupants - and the idea of personal control. Johnson Controls, which introduced its Personal Environments system nearly fi | ||
| 10 | Article | costs of poor indoor environment quality | IAQ and productivity: how much does poor quality cost? | Indoor Air Quality Update, v.9 no.10, p.1-5 | 1996 | Y | productivity, costs, indoor environment | BRE-Library | Discusses how to measure the effect of building services on the productivity of office workers. Other costs that result from a poor indoor environment include increased operation and maintenance, increased insurance costs, the threat of litigation, and th | ||
| 11 | Article | sick building | High cost of `sick buildings'. | Building, v.261 no.7936, p.10 only. | 12 April 1996 | Y | costs, sick building, productivity | BRE-Library | Sick building syndrome in offices could cost UK businesses 375-750 million pounds per year in lost productivity. Danny Myers, a senior lecturer in urban economics at the University of Western England, compiled the figures after studying previous facts on | ||
| 12 | Article | productivity | Productivity in the United States: A question of capacity or motivation? | GOLDMAN R | ASHRAE Transactions, v.100 pt.2, p.922-933 | 1994 | Y | climate control, productivity, occupant's confort | BRE-Library | ASHRAE in the 1970s, supported a series of studies on the effects of climate control on productivity in a variety of settings. The results suggest little relation between improved comfort and increased productivity. Studies of productivity within a milita | |
| 13 | Article | IAQ | Comparison of employee upper respiratory absenteeism costs with costs associated with improved ventilation | HOLCOMB L, PEDELTY J | ASHRAE Transactions, v.100 pt.2, p.914-921 | 1994 | Y | IAQ, absenteism, productivity | BRE-Library | Poor indoor air quality is believed to lead to an increased incidence of respiratory symptoms, which, in turn, can lead to an increase in absenteeism or a loss in productivity. However, there have been few attempts to quantify the costs or potential sav | |
| 16 | Article | indoor environment, productivity | Estimates of improved productivity and health from better indoor environments | FISK W J, ROSENFELD A H | Indoor Air, vol.7 no.3, p.158-172 | N | indoor environment. Health, productivity | BRE-Library | The existing literature contains strong evidence thaT characteristics of buildings and indoor environments significantly influence rates of respiratory disease, allergy and asthma symptoms, sick building symptoms, and worker performance. Theoretical cons | ||
| 19 | Article | lighting | Lighting and psychological comfort | HEERWAGEN J H, HEERWAGEN D R | Lighting Design + Application, v16(4), 47-51 | 1986 | N | lighting, psycological comfort | BRE-Library | Focuses on several questions:- 1. How much and what kind of light do people need for their psychological comfort? 2. Do these lighting preferences change across seasons? 3. How much variability in lighting preferences exist, and how can these differences | |
| 20 | Article | environmental confort | Environmental comfort and productivity. | JACKMAN P | Engineering Services Management, v.5 no.4, p.1-3 | 1991 | N | confort, workplace, productivity, good design | BRE-Library | Shows how the thermal environment, lighting, noise and air quality have an effect on our comfort. Discusses the link between comfort in the workplace and productivity, safety and quality. Also shows how by good design and operation of buildings it is poss | |
| 23 | article | ventilation | Ventilation of office buildings: deciding the most appropriate system. | LEAMAN A, COHEN R, JACKMAN P | Heating and Air Conditioning, no.7/8, p.16-18;20;22-24;26-28 | July/August 1995, | N | ventilation system, comfort, health, energy factor | BRE-Library | Presents a review of the basic principles of the four main types of ventilation system: air conditioning, mechanical ventilation, natural ventilation and mixed mode. Products on the market are used to illustrate the different types, and their effects on c | |
| 25 | Article | occupant control | Are you in control? (User and occupant controls in office buildings.) | BROMLEY A K R, BORDASS W T, LEAMAN A | Building Research Establishment (BRE) Building Services (CIBSE Journal), v.15 no.4, p.30-32. | 1993 | N | control, energy management, | BRE-Library | Modern control and energy management systems promise to improve individual comfort and reduce energy consumption. However, fully automatic control is only part of the answer: the user interfaces, both for the individual and for building and organisationa | |
| 28 | Article | intelligent buildings | What do we mean by intelligent buildings? | DEREK T, CLEMENT-CROOME J | Automation in Construction, v.6 no.5-6, p.394-400 | 1997 | N | intelligent buildings, effectiveness,efficiency, building management | BRE-Library | Various common definitions of intelligent buildings are discussed. A system view of buildings design is a starting point for considering business, space and building management. An intelligent building helps an organisation to fulfil its objectives by fac | |
| 29 | Article | sustainability | towards a general theory of the human factors of sustainability | Judith Heerwagen | Paper delivered at the AIA-USGBC Conference on "Mainstreaming Green" Chattanooga, TN | October 15-17, 1999 | Y | sustainability, human factor, | conference | Because organizations invest far more money in people than in facilities, they should have a vested interest in creating buildings that keep people productive and healthy. Accordingly, investments in sustainable design will pay off in the long run due to | |
| 31 | Article | control | comfort and control in the workplace | Carol Lomonaco, Dennis Miller | ASHRAE JOURNAL | septembe,1997 | Y | productivity, comfort, control,workplace | BRE-Library | While the metrics for measuring productivity and environmental comfort are not standardized, there is growing evidence which demostrates that comfort of one's own individual environment in the woekplace has a positive impact on productivity. Just as impor | |
| 34 | Article | PROBE | Probe: a method of investigation. | COHEN R R, BORDASS W T, LEAMAN A, ET AL | Proceedings of the CIBSE/ASHRAE Joint National Conference, Harrogate, UK, volume2, pp.201-207 | 29 Sept - Oct 1996 | N | IAQ, design, health, control, usability, manageability | BRE-Library | A two-year research project is being undertaken on how buildings featured in the CIBSE journal have performed in practice. The PROBE (Post-occupancy Review of Building Engineering) project is a joint initiative between the CIBSE Journal, HGa Consulting E | |
| 36 | Article | Comfort | Comfort, control and energy efficiency in offices. | BORDASS W T, BROMLEY A K R, LEAMAN A J | Building Research Establishment (BRE) BRE Information Paper IP 3/95 Garston, BRE, 1995, 4pp. | 1995 | N | comfort, energy efficiency, control,design. | BRE-Library | In well-designed and well-managed buildings, comfort and energy efficiency can go together. Occupants should enjoy reasonable comfort under automatic control, but should also be able to alleviate discomfort manually when necessary. BRE studies show that i | |
| 38 | Article | control | Are you in control? (User and occupant controls in office buildings.) | BROMLEY A K R, BORDASS W T, LEAMAN A | Building Research Establishment (BRE) Building Services (CIBSE Journal), v.15 no.4, p.30-32. | 1993 | N | control, design, manageability, energy efficiency | BRE-Library | Modern control and energy management systems promise to improve individual comfort and reduce energy consumption. However, fully automatic control is only part of the answer: the user interfaces, both for the individual and for building and organisationa |