The Impact of Outdoor Views on Students’ Seat Preference in Learning Environments

Gou, Zhonghua; Khoshbakht, Maryam; Mahdoudi, Behnam

doi:10.3390/buildings8080096

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“…Few studies investigated the influence of both daylight and outdoor view on visual performance [145,146]. For example, in a survey-based research [147] authors concluded that students prefer 'views' as the second priority before daylight availability in choosing seats. Other research conducted by [148,149] revealed people have a tendency to tolerate glare from windows if they have sufficient outdoor views especially when the source is a natural scene.…”

Section: Discussion On the Findingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Daylight in Buildings and Visual Comfort Evaluation: the Advantages and Limitations

Tabadkani

Roetzel

et al. 2021

Journal of Daylighting

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Exposure to daylight significantly affects the psychological well-being of occupants by diminishing headaches, eye tensions, or stress. Daylight penetration is a matter of collaboration between building façade and perimeter zones that can be controlled through façade design features. This study reviews available daylighting systems to block or redirect natural light inside the space and their overall performance. Adaptation found to be the main key feature of daylighting systems to improve their effectiveness in indoor environments. As the main implication of such systems on the visual comfort performance of occupants, a list of quantitative indices is studied based on their mathematical equation to outline their advantages and limitations. Findings revealed a lack of agreement on acceptable indoor illuminance thresholds for most of the indices and the absence of a reliable glare index in presence of sun within the view field of the occupant. Similarly, many green building certifications propose a specific criterion to assess view out but remained a challenge for future studies.

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Section: Discussion On the Findingsmentioning

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Daylight in Buildings and Visual Comfort Evaluation: the Advantages and Limitations

Tabadkani

Roetzel

et al. 2021

Journal of Daylighting

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“…Over recent decades, much consideration has been given to the effect of the physical environment of office buildings on the comfort, health and productivity of building users. In this regard, considerable effort has been expended to learn about the influence of the thermal, visual and acoustic aspects of buildings on occupant behaviours and expectations [1,2]. Building users and their productivity is influenced by various physical and behavioural components in an office environment [3].…”

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Office Distractions and the Productivity of Building Users: The Effect of Workgroup Sizes and Demographic Characteristics

2021

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Knowledge workers are experiencing ever-increasing distractions or unwanted interruptions at workplaces. We explored the effect of unwanted interruptions on an individual’s perceived productivity in various building types, user groups and workgroups. A case study of 68 buildings and their 5149 occupants using the Building Use Studies methodology was employed in this study. The database contains information on the occupants’ perceptions of physical and environmental parameters, including unmined data on the frequency of unwanted interruptions. Pearson’s correlation was used to test the correlation between the variables. In order to determine whether there are any statistically significant differences between the means of two or more independent (unrelated) groups, one-way ANOVA was employed to examine the significance of differences in mean scores between various user groups and workgroups. The evidence of clear correlations between the frequency of unwanted interruptions and perceived productivity is detailed in various user groups and in multiple building types. The Pearson correlation coefficients were −0.361 and −0.348 for sustainable and conventional buildings, respectively, demonstrating a lower sensitivity to unwanted interruptions in sustainable buildings. Females and older participants were more sensitive to unwanted interruptions and their productivity levels were reduced much more by unwanted interruptions. Comparing different sized workgroups, the highest sensitivity to unwanted interruptions for occupants in offices shared with more than 8 people was found. The findings of this study contribute to the understanding of different user needs and preferences in the design of workplaces.

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“…Many of recent research papers are directed to university buildings in hot climates, where thermal comfort comes in first. Gou et al (2018Gou et al ( , 2020 collected energy use data from 80 university buildings in subtropical Australia in order to establish an energy benchmark system. They analysed energy consumption, energy use intensity and related space types and occupancy conditions.…”

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“…This implied that optimizing space use and opening hours could reduce wasteful energy use for lighting and other building services. Gou et al (2018) studied impacts of outdoor views on students' seat selection and seating behaviours at workstations of a university library building in Australia. Workstations selected for the study are located in the periphery of the library space at level 3.…”

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Subtask A: User perspective and requirements - A.2 Use cases

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Sibilio²,

Amorim³

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The report starts with the introduction, chapter 1, where the main objective of the work is formulated, namely, to examine how the public buildings are used regarding lighting; both daylight and electric light is considered. In the chapter 2 a review of codes and requirements has been done. It starts with a discussion about general aspects of codes (subchapter 2.1) and presentation of international standards CEN and ISO (2.2) and follows with description of CIE reports and other internationally recognized guidance books (2.3). Then national recommendations are also presented (2.4). Finally, the impact of codes on architectural design is elaborated based on the interviews with architectural offices (2.5).

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The Impact of Outdoor Views on Students’ Seat Preference in Learning Environments

Cited by 16 publications

References 23 publications

Daylight in Buildings and Visual Comfort Evaluation: the Advantages and Limitations

Daylight in Buildings and Visual Comfort Evaluation: the Advantages and Limitations

Office Distractions and the Productivity of Building Users: The Effect of Workgroup Sizes and Demographic Characteristics

Subtask A: User perspective and requirements - A.2 Use cases

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