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A comfortable work environment increases employee productivity, says Volker Hartkopf, director of the Center for Building Performance and Design. A consortium including technology companies like Johnson Controls and Siemens, other corporations like Bank of America, and the US Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation is backing the project. Environmental controls which the center developed with Johnson Controls are installed on each desk, letting a worker cool or heat the area as needed. When the desk is unoccupied, the system automatically shuts down. The controls also let a worker shift the position of lighting or breathe fresh air through individual vents.