With many employee spending the gr...

With many employee spending the greatness of their careers in buildings, the relationship between indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and worker productivity is receiving closer scrutiny. In a certain number of cases, improvements in lighting, thermal comfort and indoor air quality (IAQ) have l to measurable increases in worker productivity.

While operating-cost reductions from like retrofits can be significant, they are usually tiny when compared to the price of employees. Salaries in a typical building are greater than its total strength and operating costs (see operating price graph). Thus, the ...