Green buildings, organizational success and occupant productivity

Author: Judith Heerwagen

Source: Building Research and Information, Volume 28, Numbers 5-6, 1 September 2000 , pp. 353-367(15)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

Can 'green' buildings positively contribute to business performance and organizational effectiveness? Can 'green' buildings affect high-level organizational outcomes, such as profitability, customer satisfaction and innovation? How do the physical attributes of green buildings affect the physiological, psychological, cognitive and social functioning of building occupants at the individual level? This paper explores the wider context of sustainable design, integrating work form organizational effectiveness and human factors to suggest that 'green' buildings provide economic and organizational benefits for business

Les bâtiments écologiques peuvent-ils positivement contribuer à accroître les performances des entreprises et l'efficacité organisationnelle? Peuvent-ils affecter les résultats organisationnels à un très haut niveau, tels que la rentabilité, la satisfaction du client et l'innovation? Comment les attributs physiques des constructions écologiques affectent-ils le fonctionnement physiologique, psychologique, cognitif et social des occupants au niveau individuel? Le présent document analyse, dans un contexte élargi, la notion de conception durable, y compris l'efficacitéde l'organisation et les facteurs humains, afin de montrer que les constructions écologiques présentent des avantages économiques et organisationnels pour les entreprises.

Keywords: PRODUCTIVITY; WORKPLACE; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; GREEN BUILDINGS; BUSINESS STRATEGIES; FACILITY MANAGEMENT; POST-OCCUPANCY

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/096132100418500

Publication date: 2000-09-01

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