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When HKS Architects designed its new Chicago office in 2017, the emphasis was on worker well-being and energy efficiency.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The goal was to create a living laboratory where HKS could study how design influences behavior, health, well-being, and overall performance.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The company recently released a <\/span>multiyear study<\/span><\/a> that shows the Living Lab’s design \u2014 which received WELL Gold, LEED Platinum, and ENERGY STAR Charter Tenant Space certification \u2014 led to a significant increase in employee satisfaction and has had a positive financial and environmental impact.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Air quality improved by 27% over the firm\u2019s former office, and 91% of employees reported being satisfied with air quality in the new space.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The source of some of those improvements was an innovative IMEG-designed displacement ventilation system.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This technology delivers cool air at a low velocity through induction supply diffusers near the floor, where natural buoyancy distributes the air supply more effectively and improves indoor air quality, thermal comfort, employee productivity, and environmental impact.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But the diffusers are larger than typical systems and would have divided an office space HKS designed as an open plan format.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

IMEG’s solution was to house the displacement system in a single, multi-functional millwork piece with ducts feeding down a column and into the side of a millwork plenum box. Air is diffused into the studio through grills toward the workstations, allowing for an open floorplan.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The overall design resulted in approximately 50% energy savings when compared to the LEED baseline building simulation.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11958,"template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHKS study: Healthy building design increased worker satisfaction.\u00a0\u00a0 - IMEG<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Engineering consultant IMEG designed the displacement ventilation system for the HKS Chicago Living Lab.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imegcorp.com\/news_events\/hks-study-healthy-building-design-increased-worker-satisfaction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HKS study: Healthy building design increased worker satisfaction.\u00a0\u00a0 - 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