%0 Journal Article
%A Satish Kumar
%A William J Fisk
%B ASHRAE Journal
%D 2002
%G eng
%P 97-98
%T IEQ and the Impact on Employee Sick Leave
%U https://www.techstreet.com/standards/ieq-and-the-impact-on-employee-sick-leave?product_id=1719623
%V 44
%2 LBNL-51289
%8 07/2002
%X <p>When selecting minimum ventilation rates, employers need to strike a balance between the well-recognized energy costs of providing higher minimum ventilation rates and the expected, but less well quantified, health benefits from higher rate of ventilation. This is a summary of the paper by Milton et al. (2000) that found low employee sick leave associated with high ventilation rates in a set of buildings located in Massachusetts. A simple cost-benefit analysis is also presented.</p>