Comfort of workers in office buildings: The European HOPE project

Bluyssen, Philomena M.; Aries, Mbc Myriam; Dommelen, Paula van

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.07.024

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“…For the future it would be desirable to continue undertaking such surveys using the same questionnaire-to build up a larger database, enable further analysis of more homogeneous sets of buildings, determine whether the same pattern continues to emerge, and develop a simple tool (or perhaps a valid "short-cut" to use the term coined by Bluyssen et al [20] in a recent paper) for assessing building performance based on the rate and nature of comments.…”

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The Potential for the Use of the Occupants’ Comments in the Analysis and Prediction of Building Performance

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Dykes

2012

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Abstract:The authors investigated the occupants' perceptions of 47 commercial and institutional buildings worldwide. These investigations involved the personal distribution and collection of a questionnaire survey seeking the occupants' perceptions (scored on a 7-point scale) of some 45 factors: Operational; Environmental (including temperature, air quality, lighting, and noise); Personal Control; and Satisfaction (including design, needs, comfort overall, productivity, and health). Occupants were also invited to comment on nine of these factors. While it has been suggested that in the ideal situation the occupants would have no complaints about their indoor environment, the aim here was to discover the real situation-in particular the proportion of occupants who were prepared to make a comment, the general nature of the comments (positive, negative, or balanced), and whether these correlated with the occupants' perception scores. On average, 34 per cent of respondents took up the invitation to make a comment. As anticipated, the greater the number of positive comments, the better the perception score, and vice-versa. However, it appears that it only required around 20% of the comments to be positive for the perception score to exceed the mid-point of the seven-point scale, whereas 65% or more of negative comments were needed to go under that point. This paper details the nature of the correlation between the occupants' comments and the corresponding scores for a range of building operational and indoor environmental factors and speculates on their potential for the analysis and prediction of building performance from the perspective of the occupants.

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The Potential for the Use of the Occupants’ Comments in the Analysis and Prediction of Building Performance

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Dykes

2012

Buildings

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“…Noise effects are generally categorized into two broad groups; auditory (noise-induced hearing loss) and non-auditory (behavioural and physiological effects) (Basner et al 2014;Seidman and Standring 2010). It is more likely that low frequency noise (20-100 Hz) which is found in buildings with industrial machines or ventilation machinery may cause health problems (Bluyssen, Aries, and van Dommelen 2011). Noise exposure during night can lead to serious health effects on longterm, such as behavioural problems and cardio vascular effects (Bluyssen, Aries, and van Dommelen 2011).…”

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“…It is more likely that low frequency noise (20-100 Hz) which is found in buildings with industrial machines or ventilation machinery may cause health problems (Bluyssen, Aries, and van Dommelen 2011). Noise exposure during night can lead to serious health effects on longterm, such as behavioural problems and cardio vascular effects (Bluyssen, Aries, and van Dommelen 2011). Moreover, it may affect the occupants' hearing abilities, increased systolic blood pressure and chronic headaches (Ismaila and Odusote 2014;Khaiwal et al 2016;Li et al 2016).…”

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Sick building syndrome: are we doing enough?

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Omrany

Ghaffarianhoseini

et al. 2018

Architectural Science Review

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Health and well-being are vitally important aspects of people centric building design and are the roots of productivity. Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a collection of factors that can negatively affect physical health in several ways. Besides physical health is also related to psychological well-being because the human body is one interactive biological system. This paper focuses on reviewing the current state of knowledge on building sickness syndrome which has been prevalent as a building illness since the 1970s especially in offices and schools. While the concepts of intelligent, smart and sustainable buildings have gained considerable attention during recent decades, there is now increasing attention being given to designing healthy buildings. This study provides a review about SBS symptoms. Several negative effects of SBS are identified and potential solutions are advocated. Finally, the study stresses the role of built environment and concludes that ongoing research towards tackling SBS and developing healthy indoor environments should not be limited to a single formula as any health-related building design approach is dependent on several interacting factors. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…[7][8][9][10]. Common to all of them though is the goal of understanding causal relationships between indoor environment and the behaviour, perception and comfort of building occupants.…”

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Gender differences in office occupant perception of indoor environmental quality (IEQ)

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Cândido

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This paper investigates the gender differences in the occupants' perception on various aspects of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) by two lines of inquiry; Firstly, a comprehensive literature survey spanning the research areas of indoor air quality (IAQ), sick building syndrome (SBS), thermal comfort, lighting, and acoustics was conducted. Secondly, statistical analyses were performed on a large, predominantly North American Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) database (N=38,257).Statistical analyses indicated that female occupants' satisfaction levels were consistently lower than male occupants for all fifteen IEQ factors (including thermal comfort, air quality, lighting, acoustics, office layout & furnishings, and cleanliness & maintenance) addressed in POE questionnaire, and the differences were statistically significant. Logistic regression analysis identified a significant association between female gender and dissatisfaction with individual IEQ factors. Those gender differences quantified by odds ratios (OR) were most pronounced for dissatisfaction with thermal environment, IAQ, and workspace cleanliness. The analyses produced consistent results, even after potential confounding factors such as age and work characteristics were controlled.

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Comfort of workers in office buildings: The European HOPE project

Cited by 210 publications

References 33 publications

The Potential for the Use of the Occupants’ Comments in the Analysis and Prediction of Building Performance

The Potential for the Use of the Occupants’ Comments in the Analysis and Prediction of Building Performance

Sick building syndrome: are we doing enough?

Gender differences in office occupant perception of indoor environmental quality (IEQ)

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