Indoor Air Quality: Boost Productivity & Reduce Sick Leaves and Costs

Clean Indoor Air: Your Competitive Advantage for Higher Productivity and Fewer Sick Leaves

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Poor indoor air quality leads to two critical business challenges:

  • very high sick leave rates and
  • declining productivity.

Scientific studies prove that poor indoor air quality alone reduces cognitive performance by up to 15% - independent of illness.

 

Creativityconcentration, and decision-making abilities decline at CO2 levels above 800 ppm. Moreover, indoor air pollution leads to staff shortages due to respiratory infections through airborne diseases or Sick Building Syndrome symptoms - affecting both employees and customer service capabilities - ultimately impacting your company, your business sucess and profitability.

 

Simple CO2 monitoring - as a reliable indicator of indoor air quality (IAQ)- combined with targeted optimization can effectively reduce these issues.

 

While clean drinking water is taken for grantedindoor air quality is rarely measured and even more rarely actively improved.

 

The consequences of poor indoor air quality are severeaffecting all of us:

  • as individuals
  • individual businesses
  • the entire economy and
  • the whole society.

Poor indoor air quality leads to consistently high sick leave rates throughout the year. Staff absences, particularly due to long-term effects of infectious diseases, create additional significant operational challenges. Reduced performance capability directly impacts your bottom line.

 

These factors lead to increased operational costs while creating an environment that impacts both customer experience and buying behavior. Clean, hygienic indoor air creates a pleasant atmosphere that encourages longer customer stays and higher purchase readiness, while simultaneously protecting both customers and employees.

🎯 The Strategic Benefits of Clean Indoor Air for Employers

Implementing proper air quality management in companies delivers multiple competitive advantages.

  • Enhanced productivity through better concentration leads to measurable performance improvements.
  • By reducing sick days and staff absences, you maintain operational continuity.
  • Your employees benefit from improved well-being, resulting in higher satisfaction and stronger retention rates. #employerbranding
  • This commitment to air quality strengthens your image as a responsible employer .
  • Additionally, clean, hygienic indoor air creates a pleasant atmosphere that encourages longer customer stays and higher purchase readiness, while protecting both customers and employees.

🎯 Three Key Steps to Optimize Your Workplace Air Quality

1. Monitor Indoor Air Quality

3 different to-go CO2 monitors showing good, hygienic Indoor Air Quality
Different portable CO2 monitors
  • Target Carbon Dioxide levels below 800 ppm
  • Establish regular monitoring of your indoor air quality by professional carbon dioxide monitors
  • The Aranet4 HOME  offers precise CO2 measurements as a perfect starter device. Ideal for air quality monitoring anywhere. For multi-room monitoring, the Aranet4 PRO provides the same mobility plus IoT connectivity for up to 100 devices.

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The Aranet4 series delivers professional-grade accuracy in an ultra-compact design. Both HOME and PRO versions offer identical measurement precision and mobility: At just 104g - about half the weight of a typical smartphone - and roughly 40% of a smartphone's size (with slightly increased depth), these lightweight air quality monitors provide laboratory-grade measurements with maximum portability.

 

Both Aranet4 versions operate as standalone devices. They become essential companions for monitoring air quality in all areas of life and work: in hotels, on airplanes, in public transport, at restaurants, fitness studios, medical practices, care facilities, educational institutions, schools, or daycare centers. While the HOME version excels at individual measurements and single-room monitoring, the PRO version additionally enables comprehensive network monitoring when needed.

 

Both Aranet4 HOME and Aranet4 PRO connect easily to the convenient App.

2. Manage Fresh Air Supply

  • Develop differentiated ventilation strategies that meet the individual requirements and usage patterns of your various business spaces
  • Prefer continuous ventilation methods for consistently high air quality - especially in rooms with high occupancy
  • Consider the installation of automatic ventilation systems and air handling units for optimal efficiency and effectiveness

3. Clean the Air

  • Deploy high-quality air purifiers with HEPA filters to remove pollutants, pollen, and especially virus-laden aerosols that can transmit infectious diseases
  • Select devices according to room size and usage intensity to ensure optimal cleaning performance
  • Use air purifiers particularly in situations where adequate fresh air supply is not always guaranteed or difficult to achieve, such as during cold weather, ambient noise, or high room occupancy
  • Maintain your air purifiers regularly to sustain their efficiency long-term

 The best air purifier* for smaller offices and households:

 

Trotec AirgoClean 250e

 

For healthcare, care and nursing facilities, and areas where particularly large numbers of people gather simultaneously, this device is recommended*.

  

Trotec AirgoClean 350e

 

The economic consequences of ignored, poor indoor air quality [1] are massive: A single sick day costs your company an average of 200 EUR/USD - this in times of historically high baseline levels of staff absences and an already existing workforce shortage. With an average sick leave rate of 10% over several months, enormous economic losses occur. For Austria alone, annual economic damage of around 4 billion euros has been calculated - excluding the follow-up costs of Long Covid and other post-infectious conditions.

 

The good news:

These costs are largely preventable. Through targeted air quality management, companies not only save direct costs but additionally increase their productivity. The solutions are available, extensively tested, and researched. The benefits significantly outweigh the costs of actively managing air quality.

In the following sections, you will learn:

  • How to measure and monitor indoor air quality using simple tools
  • Which concrete measures you can take
  • What foundations and studies support these measures 

🎯 Benefits of High Indoor Air Quality in Business Context:

✅  Better Work Performance

Clean, healthy indoor air guarantees:

  • Better thinking,
  • concentration, and
  • performance capabilities as well as
  • increased mental and physical well-being.

In concrete numbers: Improved indoor air increases cognitive performance by up to 15%

 

Here's a crucial consideration:
Your meeting rooms, where hours of strategic planning and key business descisions take place - have youe ever measured the air quality in these spaces?

 

In a study, the handling of typical management tasks like descision making under various air quality scenarios (between 600 ppm and 2500 ppm CO2) was examined.

 

The results show significantly better completion of:

  • Basic tasks - routine work
  • Focused Work
  • Taking initiative
  • Strategic work
  • Goal-oriented working

Only in information searching were no significant differences found. [5]

 

These proven benefits alone show: It pays off to monitor, improve, and thus actively manage the air quality in the office, at workplaces, and in customer areas.

 

✅ Fewer Staff Absences, Reduced Labor Shortage through Healthy Indoor Air

The provision of clean indoor air leads to a significant reduction in the probability of transmission of airborne infectious diseases such as Influenza, RSV, or SARS CoV2.

  

Sick leave rates in Winter 2023/24 reached new peaks due to recurring respiratory infections. This elevated level of staff absences now continues throughout the entire year - even outside the formerly "classic" times for respiratory infections in autumn/winter.

  

Without appropriate preventive measures, this trend will continue to intensify. The solutions are known and should be urgently implemented, also in terms of workplace health promotion.

 

Many companies, public institutions, and infrastructure operators can hardly manage their daily business when an average of 10% of their staff is absent over several months - further aggravated by necessary care leave due to sick children and relatives.

  

Which organization/employer can and wants to afford this permanently?

  

All of this - which would be significantly preventable - costs enormous amounts of money: the companies, the economy, and thus all taxpayers.

 

Less profit, less economic output, less purchasing power.

 

💸💸💸 Case Study Austria

E.g. for Austria - a small country in the Middle Europe with about 9,1 Mio. Inhabitants -  alone, annual economic damage because of sick leave due to infectious diseases to around 4 billion euros has been calculated. The follow-up costs for necessary treatments or longer work absences due to post-infectious conditions are not even included in this calculation.[6]

 

The actual costs per sick day are underestimated by many companies: A single day of absence costs the organization an average of 200 euros.

Additional hidden costs arise through reduced performance capacity when employees work despite feeling ill or due to poor indoor air quality.

 

Another often overlooked problem:

Sick Building Syndrome leads to additional performance limitations and staff absences. The typical symptoms of Sick Building Syndrome – irritated mucous membranes, headaches, concentration problems, and even dizziness - can be significantly reduced through healthy indoor air quality.

 

Studies prove: Already at CO2 values below 800 ppm, well-being improves significantly.

 

The quality of indoor air in public facilities can now be tracked transparently: From supermarkets, restaurants, and fitness studios to hospitals and healthcare facilities, measurements are recorded on platforms like the Indoor CO2 Map. This data is generated through crowdsourcing - users share their measurements via App and connected CO2 measuring device.

 

Most companies have no overview of the actual air quality in their premises.

However, indoor air quality can be easily measured and improved.

 

Do you know the air values in your business premises? A first step toward improvement is regular measurement of CO2 concentration.

 

✅ Real Inclusion through Healthy Indoor Air

Clean air protects vulnerable people with pre-existing conditions, including some of your employees, customers, and business partners. Vulnerability is not always directly visible. In fact, around 30% of the working population lives with chronic conditions. These people particularly depend on good air quality and should be exposed to the lowest possible infection risk.

✅ Indoor Air Quality Strengthens Your Employer Brand

The benefits of clean indoor air are becoming an important factor in Employer Branding. Future-oriented employees and applicants increasingly value healthy working conditions - even without existing legal requirements. In times of acute skilled labor shortage, workplace quality determines your success in recruitment and retention.

 

Active air quality management demonstrates genuine responsibility: While most companies still ignore the indoor air issue, you gain multiple steps ahead of the competition through continuous CO2 monitoring and optimization of indoor air. This builds trust among existing and future employees. In times of flexible working models, office quality becomes a decisive factor: Many employees partly decide for themselves whether to work from home or in the office. A workplace with good air quality will be used more frequently and preferentially. The scientifically proven productivity increase of up to 15% through good indoor air is another strong argument.

 

Some countries like France, Belgium, and Ireland already have binding workplace air quality requirements, some don't have them like the german speaking countries Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

 

A truly healthy workplace today goes far beyond typical New Work basics like ergonomic furniture, fruit baskets, or team events.

 

Clean indoor air is just as essential as clean drinking water - though this basic requirement is rarely implemented in practice.

 

The crucial question for you: Are you already actively measuring and optimizing air quality in your business premises?

 

✅ Clean Air as a Success Factor in Customer Relationships

Clean indoor air is not just a basic quality factor like clean drinking water, but is increasingly becoming a success factor in customer relationships.

 

Clean air is a crucial factor for increasing customer satisfaction and higher revenue. It not only demonstrates appreciation for your customers, but directly influences buying behavior: Good air quality increases length of stay and thus shopping pleasure. Air quality is increasingly becoming a measurable quality characteristic and differentiating factor.

 

In Japan, this is already a reality: Before visiting restaurants or shops, customers can check live air quality via Google Maps or displays at the entrance.

 

This transparency creates trust and will become a strategic competitive advantage. While retail benefits from longer dwell times and consequently potentially higher revenues, in the hospitality industry, well-being is directly revenue-relevant.

 

For healthcare facilities and fitness studios, clean indoor air is part of their professional duty of care.

 

A significant trend is already emerging: Through crowdsourcing, current indoor air quality maps like the CO2 Indoor Map are being created. They provide comprehensive insights into the air quality of supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, bars, healthcare facilities, medical practices, museums, theaters, public authorities etc. across Europe and worldwide.

The consequence for businesses is clear:

 

Air quality measurement is becoming the norm - either you take active control, or your customers will measure and publicly share the air quality in your business premises, your restaurant, your practice using their own CO2 measuring devices.

 

The consumer trend towards personal CO2 measuring devices is growing steadily. More and more people want to be able to assess for themselves how good the air quality is in public spaces. For businesses, this means: Transparency becomes mandatory.

 

Clean indoor air is now a basic need like clean drinking water. Companies that implement active air quality management and communicate this transparently will gain their customers' trust in the long term, have high chances of increased revenue and profit, and stand out from the competition.

 

✅ Indoor Air Quality as a Contribution to 3 UN Sustainable Development Goals

The active improvement of indoor air quality supports companies in achieving multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

 

CSR managers and Sustainability Managers will find important input here for their ESG reporting and sustainability documentation. Through targeted air quality measures, you make a documentable contribution to three important sustainability goals:

 

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

Through optimized indoor air quality, you achieve measurable improvement in health. The frequency of respiratory diseases demonstrably decreases. Symptoms of Sick Building Syndrome are significantly reduced. The well-being of employees, customers, and business partners noticeably increases.

 

SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Clean indoor air increases workplace productivity by up to 15%. Illness-related absences are significantly reduced. The improved workplace quality creates a healthier, more humane working environment for all employees. At the same time, it supports sustainable economic growth and creates measurable competitive advantages.

 

SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Continuous CO2 monitoring forms the cost-effective basis for healthy, hygienic indoor air. Smart, energy-efficient, and durable CO2 sensors enable uncomplicated air quality management. High-quality, mobile HEPA air purifiers support as bridge technology in optimizing air quality. Ventilation systems (HVAC systems) are a long-term investment with high ROI for continuous fresh air supply.

 

This combination and the gradual integration of various technologies demonstrates your commitment to effective and responsible indoor air optimization - an important contribution to your sustainability balance

👉 Key Takeaways

Indoor Air Quality as a Strategic Success Factor

Clean indoor air in businesses is more than a hygiene factor - it is a measurable competitive advantage. The investment in air quality management pays off in multiple ways:

  • Through increased productivity and reduced sick leave days
  • Through higher customer and employee satisfaction
  • As a documentable contribution to your sustainability goals

The first step is simple and cost-effective: Start by measuring your indoor air quality. Further optimization steps will emerge from the data collected.

The following proven practical measures will show you how to proceed with measuring and improving air quality in your premises:

🎯 Improving Indoor Air Quality in the Office: These 3 Steps are Crucial

1. Monitor Indoor Air Quality

The most important, and at the same time, the easiest measurable indicator of indoor air quality is the CO2 level. The lower the CO2 concentration, the less exhaled air is present in the room. Clean outdoor air has approximately 420 ppm of CO2. The closer the indoor CO2 levels are to that of outdoor air, the better. However, levels stable below 800 ppm are acceptable.

 

A vivid comparison makes this clear: High CO2 levels mean that you are breathing in air that other people have already exhaled - similar to drinking from a glass of water that someone else has already drunk from.

The quality of indoor air - often abbreviated in expert articles as IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) - can be well assessed through the CO2 level. This is measured in ppm (parts per million).

Exhaled air contains not only CO2 but also aerosols that may be contaminated with pathogens such as viruses. Airborne infections (airborne diseases) are an important reason why the CO2 concentration should be kept as low as possible. Because the higher the CO2 content, the more previously exhaled air - and thus potentially infectious, virus-laden aerosols - are present in the room.

 

High CO2 levels also have additional effects:

  • Concentration and performance ability noticeably decrease
  • General well-being deteriorates
  • Headaches occur more frequently
  • Productivity demonstrably drops

Three factors determine the CO2 content of indoor air:

  1. The number of people in the room
  2. The room size
  3. The type of activity (from quiet sitting to physical work)

Practical Tip: 👉 With this CO2 calculator, you can determine the expected indoor air quality for your specific situation: https://www.innenraumanalytik.at/files/CO2_SIM5.4.xlsx

 

Correlation between CO2 and Indoor Air Quality 

CO2 Level in ppm CO2 in % Quality Level
Below 800 <0.08% High Indoor Air Quality
800 - 1,000 0.08 - 0.1% Medium Indoor Air Quality
1,000 - 1,400 0.1 - 0.14% Moderate Indoor Air Quality
Above 1,400 >0.14% Low Indoor Air Quality

The even more memorable scale:

CO2 Level in ppm % Previously Breathed Air Previously Breathed Air in Liters per Hour How Much Previously Breathed Air Are You Inhaling?
420 0 % 0 0
800 1 % 4.2 1 in 100 breaths
1200 2.1 % 8.6 1 in 50 breaths
2400 5.2 % 21.8 1 in 20 breaths
5000 12 % 50.3 1 in 8 breaths

The higher the CO2 value, the more previously exhaled air (also from other people) you breathe in. It's like drinking from a glass of water where part of the water has already been in someone else's mouth.

 

Who would want that?

 

Correlation between CO2 content of air and amount of inhaled air that has already been exhaled/used. Source: [13] You can perform/find your own calculations on the proportion of used air here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iGpS3zacl79GuPduH7QHjBWQisT8nHlxFLgXPE1Xh0U/edit#gid=165893547

 

👉 Continuous CO2 Measurement is Easy

Modern CO2 measuring devices make continuous monitoring of air quality child's play. They show at a glance whether the indoor air is okay or requires action. Depending on make, manufacturer, and model, most devices offer colored displays in traffic light colors and/or warning tones that automatically inform when the air quality deteriorates, e.g., in the office.

The handling of most devices is remarkably simple:

  • Unpack device (charge if necessary or insert battery) and switch on
  • Place in suitable location
  • Immediately read measurements
  • Additional useful features - such as Smart Home integration - depending on manufacturer and model
  • Periodic calibration is necessary for all CO2 measuring devices and is generally easy to perform

 

CO2 Monitor recommendation* for households and smaller businesses wanting to perform spot measurements:

Aranet4 HOME

 

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The device is ultralightweight and compact, it can be taken anywhere – wherever you want to assess air quality**.

 

 

CO2 Device recommendation* for businesses requiring constant monitoring of multiple rooms:

Aranet 4PRO

 

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he Aranet CO2 sensors measure and monitor indoor air quality using the following components:

  • CO2 content of the air
  • relative humidity
  • temperature and
  • atmospheric pressure

Benefits:

  • Ultra-lightweight, handy devices suitable for mobile use, as they are wireless and standalone
  • High-quality NDIR sensor (current industry gold standard - stands for non dispersive infrared)
  • Energy-saving display, resulting in approximately 4 years of battery life
  • Manufactured in the EU
  • Access to 90-day measurement history via Aranet Home APP & Bluetooth
  • Customizable alert tones via APP when CO2 thresholds are exceeded

Practical Tips: Optimal Placement and Calibration of Your CO2 Monitor

👉 Correct Placement of the CO2 Sensor:

The CO2 sensor should be placed at a height of 1.2 to 1.5 meters (approximately sitting breathing height) and at least 1 meter away from walls, doors, and windows. Important: Do not place directly next to open windows or air inlets, as this leads to incorrect measurements. Direct breath flow from people should also be avoided - maintain about 1 meter distance from workstations. The ideal position is on an interior wall opposite the windows. [14]

👉 Perform Regular Calibration:

Regularly check the calibration of your CO2 sensor. To do this, place the device in the outdoor airflow with a fully opened window. After approximately 15 minutes, it should show values between 420 and 450 ppm (±50 ppm). If values are below 370 or above 500 ppm, recalibration is necessary. Follow the manufacturer's instructions, especially regarding altitude compensation. When possible, use the manual calibration function [14].

2. Managing Fresh Air Supply

The supply of fresh air eliminates excessive gas concentrations, including the carbon dioxide produced by our exhalation. Modern buildings are equipped with ventilation systems (HVAC systems) that automatically ensure optimal air quality levels. However, too few buildings currently have such systems. Retrofitting is often expensive or technically difficult to implement, though it would quickly pay off and provide a high Return On Investment. Therefore, fresh air supply must still be managed "manually" through various ventilation methods.

 

Continuous ventilation through tilted windows or slightly opened turn windows is particularly effective with high room occupancy. While with shock ventilation the CO2 levels can quickly rise again between ventilation intervals, permanent fresh air supply ensures consistently better air quality.

Another advantage: Since people continuously emit heat, rooms cool down less with continuous ventilation compared to intensive shock ventilation. Room temperature remains more balanced, benefiting both energy efficiency and comfort.

The required ventilation intensity (number and size of window openings) strongly depends on the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor air and should be controlled through CO2 measurement. Shock ventilation can be used additionally when CO2 levels rise significantly despite tilt ventilation. [15]

In practice, various factors make optimal ventilation difficult:

  • Extreme outdoor temperatures make regular ventilation particularly challenging in winter and midsummer
  • Strong ambient noise can significantly impair work with open windows
  • Unfavorable weather conditions like strong wind or storms limit ventilation options
  • Draft-sensitive people may feel disturbed by strong air movements - the air velocity should therefore be below 0.2 m/s for office work Note! Drafts or cold air do not cause illnesses commonly referred to as colds - these are caused by pathogens. However, drafts can be perceived as uncomfortable.[16]

Therefore: For situations where adequate ventilation is difficult, modern air purifiers provide an effective supplement.

Optimal CO2 Levels for Indoor Spaces:

CO2 Level Assessment Required Action
420-450 ppm Optimal (outdoor air level) Maintain ventilation
< 800 ppm Good Maintain ventilation and Regular monitoring
800-1000 ppm Critical Increase ventilation
> 1000 ppm Poor Ventilate immediately

3. Using Air Filters and Actively Cleaning Indoor Air

A striking comparison: We drink 2-3 liters of water daily. Drinking water quality is strictly monitored, limits are controlled, and impurities are filtered. However, we breathe 11,000 liters of air daily - especially indoors, where we spend up to 90% of our time. Therefore, we should monitor indoor air just as consistently and remove harmful substances.

 

While the quality of outdoor air can only be directly influenced to a limited extent, indoor air - such as in your business - can be improved and kept hygienically clean through appropriate measures. Mobile air purifiers are an effective, practical supplement to natural ventilation - especially when sufficient fresh air cannot be supplied for various reasons.

High-quality HEPA air filtration devices reliably remove the following through circulation and cleaning of room air [17]:

  • Fine dust
  • Pollen and allergens
  • Mold spores
  • Microplastics
  • VOCs like formaldehyde
  • Bacteria and virus-laden aerosols

Important: Since air purifiers do not supply fresh air, regular ventilation remains essential for CO2 reduction [18].

Technical Requirements for Effective Indoor Air Purification

  • Minimum HEPA-13, preferably HEPA-14 filter
  • 6-fold air filtration per hour
  • 12-fold air filtration in medical areas or during times of high disease burden in all rooms [19]

Calculation Example: A room with 25 m² floor space and 2.50 m ceiling height has a volume of 62.5 m³. With 6-fold filtration per hour, the air purifier must filter 375 m³ per hour. The value for air changes per hour (ACH) can be found in the technical specifications of each device.

 

👉 Air Purifier Recommendations by Application Area

I have tested several air purifiers and can recommend the Trotec devices*. An important reason is their sophisticated filter system: Unlike other manufacturers, they feature effective, practical pre-filters that protect the expensive HEPA filters and significantly extend their lifespan. This makes the devices not only more sustainable in operation but also significantly reduces the ongoing costs for filter replacement

 

💨 Trotec AirgoClean® 250 E

  • Rooms until 250 m³ (8,83 ft³)
  • HEPA H14 Filter
  • Perfect für: Small offices, Homeoffice, Living areas

🌬️ Trotec AirgoClean® 350 E

  • Rooms until 350 m³ (12,36 ft³)
  • HEPA H14 Filter
  • Perfect for: larger or open space offices, health care facilities, gyms

 

Important Tips for both Trotec Models

  • Minimum wall distance: 25 cm
  • Regular pre-filter cleaning by simple vacuuming extends HEPA filter lifespan
  • Keep ionization function deactivated
  • Use multiple devices for larger rooms
  • Whisper-quiet operation possible at level 1 (350E: 18.8 dB at 1m distance)

🎧 Podcast Recommendation

Deep Dive in easy-to-understand English into the future topic of Healthy Buildings

Joseph Allen, Harvard University's Public Health Expert for Healthy Buildings, talks with Eric Topol about:

"The Pivotal Importance of Air Quality, Ventilation and Exposures (Such as "Forever Chemicals") For Our Health - And What We Can Do About It"

Sources for this text (some are in German)

 

[1] https://zenodo.org/records/7586167#.ZDwbSHZByUk and

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132322005996 andhttps://academic.oup.com/cid/article/75/1/e174/6498295?login=false und https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.23.22280263v1 sowie viele weitere Studien

 

[2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360132311002617

 

[3] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21204989/

 

[4] https://office-roxx.de/primabueroklima/fraunhofer-studie-luftqualitaet-beeinflusst-produktivitaet/or https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c10372?pci=CACSR000006772665

 

[5] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231176310_Is_CO2_an_Indoor_Pollutant_Direct_Effects_of_Low-to-Moderate_CO2_Concentrations_on_Human_Decision-Making_Performance

 

[6] e.g. https://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Studie-Rekord-Krankenstand-fuehrte-zur-Rezession-article24690123.html and IHS Wien Czypionka et al https://irihs.ihs.ac.at/id/eprint/6837/1/czpyionka-eisenberg-et-al-2023-lufthygiene-wirtschaftlicher-impact.pdf and Harvard Business Manager "There is money in prevention"

 

[7] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018312807?via%3Dihub und https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/sick-building-syndrome

 

[8] https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/gesund-leben/umwelt-und-gesundheit/wohngifte/wohngifte-und-gesundheitliche-beschwerden/befindlichkeitsstoerungen.html

 

[9] International Benchmark on Indoor Air Quallity and Renewal Guidance and Regulations: Overview www.nousaerons.fr/benchmark, also this document https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I5slGR5S__B8SKvKf1cWGpIXGFfQUnKM4aTNbK9LUnQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0

 

[10] NDIR = Non dispersive infrared sensor

 

[11] http://www.innenraumanalytik.at/pdfs/co2.pdf S 32

 

[12] Table on the base of: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27662232 unand d https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/pdfs/kohlendioxid_2008.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj20tm92Y-GAxXPwAIHHVNaAH0QFnoECBoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw35Np6LwHccwZ1Q3TED2vVm

 

[13] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12950586/ try some own calculations on rebreathed air: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iGpS3zacl79GuPduH7QHjBWQisT8nHlxFLgXPE1Xh0U/edit#gid=165893547

 

[14] https://www.baua.de/DE/Themen/Arbeitsgestaltung/Physikalische-Faktoren/Klima-am-Arbeitsplatz/Kenngroessen.html und https://futureoperations.at/fileadmin/user_upload/k_future_operations/Leitfaden-CO2-Sensoren_2022-11-02_Final.pdf

 

[15] https://www.tugraz.at/institute/ibpsc/forschung/forschungsprojekte/laufende-projekte/impaqs/lueftung

 

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