This paper summarizes the current state of scientific knowledge about the adverse impacts of indoor environments in schools on health and performance.
"Research demonstrates that the quality of the physical environment affects student performance...An environment that includes appropriate lighting, sound, temperature, humidity, cleanliness, color and air quality can help students learn better. In many cases, improving these attributes can also reduce energy use."
The vision of the Biology and the Built Environment (BioBE) Center, located at the University of Oregon, is to develop hypothesis-driven, evidence-based approaches to understand the "built environment microbiome".
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