The effect of daylight and views on cognitive function has been repeatedly documented in both experimental and real-world settings…

Access to daylight and views in office buildings is a function of structural design, layouts, and window treatments. For any given workstation, the presence of a visible window depends on being proximal to the edge of the building and having no intervening interior partitions.

We estimate the economic impact of increased worker productivity due to improved daylight and views in office settings, building upon existing research on the cognitive benefits of these factors.

We then extend these findings to the U.S. workforce to quantify the current economic burden of inadequate daylight and view availability.