• One monitor per 5,000 SF in each office measured:
  • Temperature
  • Relative humidity
  • Carbon dioxide
  • Particulate matter, aka PM 2.5
  • Total volatile organic compounds, aka TVOCs.
• We pursued RESET certification in all offices. The performance-based standard requires that carbon dioxide, TVOC, and PM 2.5 levels are within an optimized threshold based on best-practices and third-party research.
• Early in the study, we collaborated with the Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health.
  • In Study 1, 24 lab participants took cognitive function tests. The study determined the types of cognitive functions most impacted by cognitive function and TVOCs were:
    • Strategy
    • Information usage
    • Crisis response
  • In Study 2, the study expanded to look at a sample of green buildings outside a lab environment.
  • In Study 3, 10 participants per 100 buildings provided direct, responsive feedback related to their cognitive function.
• Because of the way our initial study was set up, we were able to donate our data set to the Harvard School of Public Health CogFX study.
• Ten of the 100 locations in the CogFX study are DLR Group offices.
• Those 10 locations also have 10 DLR Group employee-owners each participating in the study.
• Results are to come out shortly.

Watch more details about the study.