Macroeconomic analyses indicate a high cost to society of a deteriorated indoor climate. The few example calculations performed to date indicate that measures taken to improve IEQ are highly cost-effective when health and productivity benefits are considered. We believe that cost-benefit analyses of building designs and operations should routinely incorporate health and productivity impacts. As an initial step, we developed a conceptual model that shows the links between improvements in IEQ and the financial gains from reductions in medical care and sick leave, improved work performance, lower employee turn over, and reduced maintenance due to fewer complaints.
BT - Proceedings of the Healthy Buildings 2003 Conference, December 7-11, 2003 C1 -1.2
CY - Singapore DA - 12/2003 LA - eng N2 -Macroeconomic analyses indicate a high cost to society of a deteriorated indoor climate. The few example calculations performed to date indicate that measures taken to improve IEQ are highly cost-effective when health and productivity benefits are considered. We believe that cost-benefit analyses of building designs and operations should routinely incorporate health and productivity impacts. As an initial step, we developed a conceptual model that shows the links between improvements in IEQ and the financial gains from reductions in medical care and sick leave, improved work performance, lower employee turn over, and reduced maintenance due to fewer complaints.
PB - Healthy Buildings 2003, Inc., Singapore PP - Singapore PY - 2003 SP - 368 EP - 374 T2 - Proceedings of the Healthy Buildings 2003 Conference, December 7-11, 2003 T3 - Healthy Buildings 2003 Conference, December 7-11, 2003 TI - A conceptual model to estimate cost effectiveness of the indoor environment improvements VL - 3 ER -