%0 Report
%A Satish Kumar
%A William J Fisk
%D 2002
%G eng
%T The role of Emerging Energy-Efficient Technology in Promoting Workplace Productivity  and Health: Final Report
%1 1.2
%2 LBNL-49706
%X 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.