Increasingly, companies are looking for ways to minimize energy and resource costs, while attracting and retaining happy, healthy employees. It’s well known and well documented that buildings can cause health problems. From the Legionnaire's disease of the mid-1970s to litigation about mold and indoor environmental quality today, buildings have been the focus of health problem investigations by the medical, engineering, architecture, construction, scientific, and legal professions.

   Learning objectives:

• Develop a business case for investment in sustainable buildings
• Review quantitative evidence of the impact buildings have on occupant health
• Discuss responsibility inherent in sustainability or green building