Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Green is Good for the Planet And…
The health of our planet is clearly important – but there are reasons other than the earth’s wellbeing to build and work green. Allen, MacNaughton, Satish, Santanam, Vallarino and Spengler (results published in Environmental Health Perspectives), studied people who worked in a green environment and found that their higher order cognitive function was enhanced there. More specifically: “On average, cognitive scores were 61% higher on the Green building day and 101% higher on the two Green+ building days than on the Conventional building day…VOCs and CO2 were independently associated with cognitive scores… Cognitive function scores were significantly better in Green+ building conditions compared to the Conventional building conditions for all nine functional domains.” Examples of the cognitive functions tested include: decision making, developing strategies and responding to crises. The team shares details of their process: study participants “on different days…were exposed to IEQ conditions representative of Conventional (high volatile organic …
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