[SPN-Discussion] Event: The Air We Breathe: Brain Function and IEQ

[SPN Events]

The Air We Breathe: Brain Function and IEQ

Date: December 17, 2015

Time: 4:00 — 6:30pm

Venue: The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY 10012

For more information and to register, please visit Urban Green Council's event page <http://urbangreencouncil.org/content/events/air-we-breathe-brain-function-and-ieq>.


ABOUT THE EVENT

What if indoor air quality could improve decision making? A new study 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 found that improved indoor environmental quality doubled occupants’ cognitive function test scores. Since most people spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors, the implications of these findings could be highly significant.

Join Urban Green Board Chair John Mandyck (United Technologies), Professor Joseph Allen (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), and Professor Usha Satish (SUNY Upstate Medical University) for a discussion on the design, execution, findings, and implications of this important study, and the impact of indoor environmental air quality on human health and performance.

Prof. Allen says, "this study suggests that indoor environments can have a profound impact on the decision-making performance of workers, which is a primary indicator of worker productivity. These results are provocative for three reasons. First, they suggest that the levels of carbon dioxide and volatile organic compounds that we commonly encounter in conventional office buildings are associated with decreases in worker performance compared to when those same workers are in green building environments. Second, when we enhance ventilation and optimize indoor environmental conditions, we see improvements in the cognitive function of workers. And third, these results fill important knowledge gaps in existing research about the relationship between green buildings and occupant health.”

SCHEDULE

4:00 - 5:45 PM: Presentation and Q&A
5:45 - 6:30 PM: Reception

SPEAKERS

John Mandyck
Chief Sustainability Officer, United Technologies Corporation

Joseph G. Allen
Assistant Professor, Director of the Healthy Buildings Program, The Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Usha Satish
Professor, Department of Psychiatry at SUNY Upstate Medical University

EVENT PRICE

Non-Member: $15

ABOUT URBAN GREEN COUNCIL

Urban Green Council is the New York Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Our mission is to advance the sustainability of urban buildings through education, advocacy and research.

A non-profit organization established in 2002, Urban Green is funded by contributions from foundations, its members, and corporate sponsors. Our in-house experts and a dedicated network of volunteers are helping to transform the built environment in New York City with models that can be replicated in urban centers nationwide.

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Daryle M. Ward-Cherry
Public Programs Associate

Urban Green Council
U.S. Green Building Council of New York
20 Broad Street, Suite 709
New York, NY 10005
212.514.9385 x118
dwc at urbangreencouncil.org <mailto:dwc at urbangreencouncil.org>
urbangreencouncil.org

HOLIDAY MEMBER RECEPTION
December 2 | GROHE New York
http://ugc.nyc/holidayreception-2015 <http://ugc.nyc/winterreception-2015>
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