A study conducted by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and SUNY-Upstate Medical School published in Building and Environment last March found that employees working in certified-green buildings did better at cognitive tasks than employees in non-certified green buildings. Even when researchers controlled for annual earnings, 工作类型, 教育水平, certified-green-building workers scored 26.4% higher on cognitive function tests.
多年来, research has shown that indoor air quality, 热条件下, and lighting are all factors in workers’ cognitive function, but the study’s researchers posit that green-certified buildings may provide additional benefits. This finding also led the researchers to propose the concept of “buildingomics,” a holistic approach to studying all the ways indoor environments can affect human health through multidisciplinary teams including building scientists, 流行病学家, 架构师, 设计师, and social/behavioral scientists.