Ten questions concerning thermal and indoor air quality effects on the performance of office work and schoolwork

What the study found

Synthesizes evidence that temperature and air quality can influence work and school performance, with effects dependent on task and exposure.

Limitations

Broad review with mixed study quality and substantial contextual variation.

Neurodesign interpretation

Minimum compliance and optimum cognitive conditions are not the same design question.

Possible design implications

Use performance-sensitive design targets in classrooms and work settings rather than relying only on minimum health or comfort criteria.

Why it stays in the corpus

Retain as a foundational building-science synthesis linking comfort variables to performance.

Study design

Critical review

Population

Office workers and students

Setting

Offices and schools

Field

Building science

Mechanism

Thermal and air-quality effects on performance

Spatial variable

Temperature, ventilation, air quality

Keywords

thermal, air quality, performance, schools, offices