@inproceedings{22593,
  keywords = {Productivity, Carbon dioxide, Offices, Ventilation rates, Worker performance},
  author = {William J Fisk and Phillip N Price and David Faulkner and Douglas P Sullivan and Dennis L DiBartolomeo and Clifford C Federspiel and De-Ling Liu and Maureen Lahiff},
  title = {Worker Performance and Ventilation: Analyses of Time-Series Data for a Group of Call-Center Workers},
  abstract = {<p>We investigated the relationship of ventilation rates with the performance of advice nurses working in a call center. Ventilation rates were manipulated; temperatures, humidities, and CO<sub>2</sub> concentrations were monitored; and worker performance data, with 30-minute resolution, were collected. Multivariate linear regression was used to investigate the association of worker performance with building ventilation rate, or with indoor CO<sub>2</sub> concentration (which is related to ventilation rate per worker). Results suggest that the effect of ventilation rate on worker performance in this call center was very small (probably less than 1%) or nil, over most of the range of ventilation rate (roughly 12 L s<sup>-1</sup> to 48 L s<sup>-1</sup> per person). However, there is some evidence of worker performance improvements of 2% or more when the ventilation rate per person was very high, as indicated by the indoor CO<sub>2</sub> concentration exceeding the outdoor concentration by less than 75 ppm.</p>},
  year = {2002},
  journal = {Indoor Air 2002, June 30 - July 5, 2002},
  volume = {1},
  pages = {790-795},
  address = {Monterey, California},
  language = {eng},
}