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Indoor Environment Quality and Occupant Productivity in the CH2 Building: Post-Occupancy Summary Report No. USP2007/23 Phillip Paevere Stephen Brown March 2008     Disclaimer While all due care and attention has been taken to establish the accuracy of the material presented, CSIRO and the authors disclaim liability for any loss which may arise from any person acting in reliance upon the contents of this document. Please direct enquiries to Dr. Phillip Paevere CSIRO PO Box 56, Highett, VIC, 3190 Telephone: +61 3 9252 6220 Email: Phillip.Paevere@csiro.au ? 2008 CSIRO Acknowledgements This report draws on a range of coordinated studies commissioned by City of Melbourne and CSIRO as follows: Occupant Surveys of CH1 and CH2: Conducted by Adrian Leaman of Building Use Studies Ltd. in association with Leena Thomas, University of Technology, Sydney, and Monica Vandenberg, Encompass Sustainability. Indoor Environment Quality Monitoring of CH2: Conducted by Mark Luther and the MABEL team (Mobile Architecture Built Environment Laboratory), Deakin University. Indoor Air Quality Monitoring of CH2: Conducted by Stephen Brown of CSIRO. Focus Group Interviews of CH2 Occupants: Conducted by Monica Vandenberg, Encompass Sustainability and Leena Thomas, University of Technology, Sydney in association with Adrian Leaman, Building Use Studies Ltd. It also draws on a research project commissioned by the Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation – Regenerating Construction to Enhance Sustainability: Design Guidelines for Delivering High Quality Indoor Environments: Led by Stephen Brown, CSIRO. Occupant Health Wellbeing and Productivity: Led by Phillip Paevere, CSIRO. The authors would also like to gratefully acknowledge the following people and organisations for their valuable contributions to this study: Shane Power from City of Melbourne and Adam Leggett (ex City of Melbourne) for their support and assistance i