Publications: Health and Productivity

2017

Fisk, William J. "The Ventilation Problem in Schools: Literature Review." Indoor Air 27.6 (2017) 1039-1051.

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Fisk, William J, and Wanyu R Chan. "Effectiveness and cost of reducing particle-related mortality with particle filtration." Indoor Air (2017).
Piette, Mary Ann, Tianzhen Hong, William J Fisk, Norman Bourassa, Wanyu R Chan, Yixing Chen, H.Y. Iris Cheung, Toshifumi Hotchi, Margarita Kloss, Sang Hoon Lee, Phillip N Price, Oren Schetrit, Kaiyu Sun, Sarah C Taylor-Lange, and Rongpeng Zhang. Small and Medium Building Efficiency Toolkit and Community Demonstration Program. 2017. LBNL-2001054.

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2016

Chan, Wanyu R, Yang-Seon Kim, Brett C Singer, Iain S Walker, and Max H Sherman. Healthy Efficient New Gas Homes (HENGH) Field Study Protocol. 2016. LBNL-1005819.

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Fisk, William J, and Wanyu R Chan. "Health benefits and costs of filtration interventions that reduce indoor exposure to PM2.5 during wildfires." Indoor Air 27.1 (2016) 191 - 204.
Chan, Wanyu R, Randy L Maddalena, J. Chris Stratton, Toshifumi Hotchi, Brett C Singer, Iain S Walker, and Max H Sherman. Healthy Efficient New Gas Homes (HENGH) Pilot Test Results. 2016. LBNL-1005818.

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2015

Mendell, Mark J, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Michael Spears, Wanyu R Chan, Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk. "A longitudinal study of ventilation rates in California office buildings and self-reported occupant outcomes including respiratory illness absence." 2015.
Maddalena, Randy L, Mark J Mendell, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Wanyu R Chan, Douglas P Sullivan, Marion L Russell, Usha Satish, and William J Fisk. "Effects of ventilation rate per person and per floor area on perceived air quality, sick building syndrome symptoms, and decision-making." Indoor Air 25.4 (2015) 362-370.
Chan, Wanyu R, Srinandini Parthasarathy, William J Fisk, and Thomas E McKone. "Estimated effect of ventilation and filtration on chronic health risks in U.S. offices, schools, and retail stores." 2015.
Dutton, Spencer M, and William J Fisk. Energy and IAQ Implications of Alternative Minimum Ventilation Rates in California Retail and School Buildings. 2015. LBNL-185278.

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2014

Dutton, Spencer M, and William J Fisk. "Energy and Indoor air quality implications of alternative minimum ventilation rates in California offices." Building and Environment 82 (2014) 121-127.
Dutton, Spencer M, Mark J Mendell, Wanyu R Chan, Marcella Barrios, Meera A Sidheswaran, Douglas P Sullivan, Ekaterina Eliseeva, and William J Fisk. "Evaluation of the Indoor Air Quality Minimum Ventilation Rate Procedure for Use in California Retail Buildings." Indoor Air 25 (2014) 93-104.
Mendell, Mark J, and William J Fisk. Developing evidence-based prescriptive ventilation rate standards for commercial buildings in California: a proposed framework. 2014. LBNL-6684E.

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Logue, Jennifer M, Max H Sherman, and Brett C Singer. "A Method for Quantifying the Acute Health Impacts of Residential Non-Biological Exposure Via Inhalation." 2014. LBNL-6883E.

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Mendell, Mark J, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Michael Spears, Wanyu R Chan, Sebastian Cohn, Douglas P Sullivan, and William J Fisk. A Prospective Study of Ventilation Rates and Illness Absence in California Office Buildings. 2014. LBNL-6888e.

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2013

Mendell, Mark J, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Morris G Davies, Michael Spears, Agnes B Lobscheid, William J Fisk, and Michael G Apte. "Association of Classroom Ventilation with Reduced Illness Absence: A Prospective Study in California Elementary Schools." Indoor Air 23.6 (2013) 515-528. LBNL-6259E.

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Maddalena, Randy L, Mark J Mendell, Ekaterina Eliseeva, Wanyu R Chan, Douglas P Sullivan, Marion L Russell, Michael G Apte, Usha Satish, and William J Fisk. Impact of Independently Controlling Ventilation Rate per Person and Ventilation Rate per Floor Area on Perceived Air Quality, Sick Building Symptoms and Decision Making. 2013. LBNL-6549e (REV).

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Dutton, Spencer M, David W Banks, Samuel L Brunswick, and William J Fisk. "Health and economic implications of natural ventilation in California offices." Building and Environment 67 (2013) 34-45.
Fisk, William J, Spencer M Dutton, Mark J Mendell, and Wanyu R Chan. Should Title 24 Ventilation Requirements Be Amended to include an Indoor Air Quality Procedure?. 2013. LBNL-6705E.

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Fisk, William J, Usha Satish, Mark J Mendell, Toshifumi Hotchi, and Douglas P Sullivan. "Is CO2 an Indoor Pollutant? Higher Levels of CO2 May Diminish Decision Making Performance." ASHRAE Journal 55.3 (2013) 84-85. LBNL-6148E.

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Fisk, William J. "Health benefits of particle filtration." Indoor Air (2013).

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Parthasarathy, Srinandini, William J Fisk, and Thomas E McKone. Effect Of Ventilation On Chronic Health Risks In Schools And Offices. 2013. LBNL-6121E.

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Dutton, Spencer M, Wanyu R Chan, Mark J Mendell, Marcella Barrios, Srinandini Parthasarathy, Meera A Sidheswaran, Douglas P Sullivan, Ekaterina Eliseeva, and William J Fisk. Evaluation of the Indoor Air Quality Procedure for Use in Retail Buildings. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2013. LBNL-6079E.

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Dutton, Spencer M, David W Banks, Samuel L Brunswick, and William J Fisk. "Natural Ventilation in California Offices: Estimated Health Effects and Economic Consequences." ASHRAE IAQ 2013: Environmental Health in Low Energy Buildings, Oct. 15-18. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada , 2013. LBNL-6910E.

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2012

Parthasarathy, Srinandini, Wanyu R Chan, William J Fisk, and Thomas E McKone. "Modeling indoor exposures to VOCs and SVOCs as ventilation rates vary." Healthy Buildings 2012 - 10th International Conference. Brisbane, Queensland, 2012.

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