
Design, Productivity & Well-Being: What are the Links?
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