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Study 1: Indoor Environmental Quality

In Study 1, the research team found cognitive function test scores doubled when participants were in simulated green building environments with enhanced ventilation as opposed to conventional building environments.

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Study 2: Building­omics

In Study 2, the research team examined real-world building environments to understand if the green certification of high-performing buildings could result in higher cognitive function scores and health benefits for occupants.

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Study 3: Global Buildings

In Study 3, 100 office buildings from around the world take part in first-of-its-kind research to examine the effects of global indoor environments on employee productivity and health.

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Why You Should Care

New studies from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Center for Health and the Global Environment, SUNY Upstate Medical University and Syracuse University have found that improved indoor environmental quality doubled occupants’ cognitive function test scores.

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COGFX Study Overview

Indoor air quality can positively impact the health and productivity of building occupants. Studies led by researchers at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that improved indoor environmental quality increases occupants' cognitive function test scores.

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