Housing and health evaluation related to general comfort and indoor thermal comfort satisfaction during the COVID-19 lockdown

Cheshmehzangi, Ali

doi:10.1080/10911359.2020.1817225

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“…There is empirical evidence of housing quality and the spatial adequacy of housing both affecting housing satisfaction ( Lu, 1999 ; Levy-Leboyer1993; Elsinga & Hoekstra, 2005 ; Vera-Toscano & Ateca-Amestoy, 2008 ). On the role of a home's size in predicting residential satisfaction (e.g., Ibem & Aduwo, 2013 ; Zhang, Zhang, & Hudson, 2018 and the review on this topic by Aigbavboa & Thwala, 2016 ), a positive correlation has been reported between the number of bedrooms in a home and its occupants' general satisfaction ( Cheshmehzangi, 2020 ). Crucially, in a study conducted on students during the lockdown in Lombardy (one of Italy's geographical regions most affected by the pandemic), living in small homes (less than 60 square meters in size) was associated with a higher likelihood of depressive symptoms ( Amerio et al, 2020 ).…”

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Space at home and psychological distress during the Covid-19 lockdown in Italy

Fornara

Mosca

Bosco

et al. 2022

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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Prolonged periods of restrictions on people's freedom of movement during the first massive wave of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that most people engaged in all their daily activities at home. This suggested the need for the spatial features of the home and its occupants' perception of them to be investigated in terms of people's wellbeing. The present study was conducted on a large sample (N = 1354) drawn from different Italian regions. It examined the relationship between the “objective” and “subjective” dimensions of the home, measured in terms of objective home crowding and satisfaction with the space at home, in relation to perceived stress and the perceived risk of COVID-19 infection during the lockdown. The results showed that perceived stress is influenced by objective home crowding through the mediation of satisfaction with the space at home. These associations were more pronounced in younger generations. The negative association between satisfaction with the space at home and perceived stress was higher, the lower the perceived COVID-19 risk.

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Space at home and psychological distress during the Covid-19 lockdown in Italy

Fornara

Mosca

Bosco

et al. 2022

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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“…Sixth (H6), as well-being is a subjective evaluation of one’s state, we expect that beyond aforementioned objective living conditions during the pandemic, the subjective evaluation of these living conditions is also important. Indeed, the pandemic stressed the importance of satisfaction with one’s housing comfort [ 38 ]. Although objective factors can explain discomfort or dissatisfaction of individuals with their living conditions, the subjective evaluation thereof is the main explanatory variable of individual happiness, mental, physical, and overall well-being [ 36 , 39 ].…”

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Differences in and drivers of mental, social, functional, and financial well-being during COVID-19: Evidence from Australia, France, Germany, and South Africa

Hoffmann

Plotkina²,

Broihanne³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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COVID-19 has a substantial and unexpected impact on individuals’ daily life around the world. Unprecedented public health restrictions such as lockdowns have the potential to affect multiple dimensions of individuals’ well-being, while the severity of such restrictions varies across countries. However, a holistic perspective comparing differences in and drivers of the different dimensions of well-being across countries differentially affected by COVID-19 is missing to date. We address this gap in the literature by examining the mental, social, functional, and financial well-being of 2,100 individuals across Australia, France, Germany, and South Africa by means of a survey administered during May of 2021. Supporting our holistic approach, we find that the different dimensions of well-being are correlated, with survey respondents from France reporting the lowest and those from Australia reporting the highest overall level of well-being. Respondents’ subjective and objective evaluations of their living conditions during lockdowns as well as positive health and financial behaviors are positively associated with their well-being during the pandemic.

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“…The earlier reports from various housing studies suggest that user satisfaction is important in indoor environments. As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, this field of research seems to have grown in importance as people are forced to spend long hours indoors and their thermal comfort and general comfort have to be maintained [39].…”

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COVID-19 and Green Housing: A Review of Relevant Literature

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This review presents an analysis of three hypotheses. The articles provide a specific perspective on green housing before, during, and post COVID-19. The validations of these hypotheses were performed by analyzing the scientific literature worldwide and by adding a statistical analysis of appropriate articles from the Scopus database. The purpose of this review is to overview the research written on housing developments during the upsurge of COVID-19 along with the responses from the green building sector, because this field appears to be rapidly emerging by the sheer volume of research studies currently undertaken. Foremost peer-reviewed journals covering construction, urban studies‎, real estate, energy, civil engineering, buildings, indoor air, management, economics‎, business‎, environmental studies,‎ and environmental sciences‎ that were published last year were selected for review. The review was conducted by applying a combination of various keywords and the criteria for paper selection, including sustainable building, green construction, green building, resource-efficient, a building’s lifecycle, COVID-19, energy, water, consumption, health effects, comfort, occupant behaviors, policy, economy, Industry 5.0, energy-efficient retrofitting, and profit. Two, innovative elements in this study stand out when comparing it with the most advanced research on green housing before, during, and after COVID-19. The first innovation relates to the integrated analyses of COVID-19 pandemic, housing policies of countries and cities pertinent to COVID-19 that impact green housing and the wellbeing of their residents as well as the impact made by residents and a housing policy on the dispersion of COVID-19. This research additionally establishes that a green building analysis is markedly more effective when the analysis comprehensively covers the life process of a green building, the participating interest groups that have their own goals they wish to implement, the COVID-19 situation, and the external micro- and macro-level environments as a singular entity.

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Housing and health evaluation related to general comfort and indoor thermal comfort satisfaction during the COVID-19 lockdown

Cited by 27 publications

References 99 publications

Space at home and psychological distress during the Covid-19 lockdown in Italy

Space at home and psychological distress during the Covid-19 lockdown in Italy

Differences in and drivers of mental, social, functional, and financial well-being during COVID-19: Evidence from Australia, France, Germany, and South Africa

COVID-19 and Green Housing: A Review of Relevant Literature

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