CONTENT

• Introduction
• Buildings, Human Performance, and Well Being
• Buildings as Habitats for People
• Natural Comfort
• Ephemeral Qualities of Space
• Stress Reduction, Health, and Well Being
• Summary of Implications for Health and Well Being
• Buildings and Worker Performance
• Links Between Nature, Emotional Functioning, and Performance
• Building Features and Cognitive Functioning
• Personal Control
• Summary of Implications for Performance
• Potential Links between Highly Effective Facilities and Organizational Success
• Turnover and Organizational Commitment
• Absenteeism
• Organizational Impacts of Sustainability and Green Design
• What Evidence Exists for these Links?
• Worker Characteristics
• Study Measures
• Summary of “Before” and “After” Results
• Differences among Manufacturing Shifts
• Differences between Manufacturing and Office Workers
• Can the Results be Attributed to the Building Features?
• Conclusions

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