ATLANTA - Research to help further studies of how noise impacts productivity has been approved by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
ASHRAE recently approved funding totaling $1.1 million for 11 research projects in the areas of indoor air quality, comfort and health, design tools, safety under extraordinary circumstances, environmental quality, seismic and wind restraint design, operating and maintenance, and high risk, innovative and emerging technology. Among them is "Productivity and Perception Based Evaluation of Indoor Noise Criteria," 1322-RP.