Appraisal of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in healthcare facilities: A literature review

Nimlyat, Pontip Stephen; Kandar, Mohd Zin

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2015.04.002

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“…Quantitative measurements were undertaken in these studies; however, limited links were identified between the interactions of these design parameters and occupants' overall comfort and satisfaction. This has also been indicated by Nimlyat and Kandar (2015) who reviewed the indoor environmental quality in healthcare facilities.…”

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confidence: 75%

“…Such reviews highlight the lack of an adequate method that integrates credible findings holistically to demonstrate the cumulative and interactive effects of various environmental aspects on occupants' wellbeing. This has been highlighted since 2010 by Durmisevic and Ciftcioglu (2010), Huisman et al (2012), Salonen, Lahtinen, Lappalainen, and Reijula (2013) and Nimlyat and Kandar (2015). However, most of the current research still focuses on examining the effect of a specific HBE characteristic on a specific health outcome for a certain group of occupants.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For these reasons, research is needed to explore the impact of multiple HBE factors from a holistic and dynamic perspective (Durmisevic & Ciftcioglu, 2010;Nimlyat & Kandar, 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Healing built-environment effects on health outcomes: environment–occupant–health framework

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An investigation examined the structured scientific evidence on healthcare facilities (the healing built environment -HBE) and its impact on patients' health outcomes under a holistic conceptual evaluative framework. The integrative review considered 127 papers (of which 59 were review papers). It found there was no adequate framework that could integrate existing research findings holistically. Such a holistic framework needs to demonstrate the cumulative and interactive effects of various HBE characteristics on patients' health outcomes and wellbeing. An environment-occupant-health (E-O-H) framework is proposed, taking a holistic perspective to identify and evaluate different HBE characteristics. The E-O-H framework should support future research by (1) identifying the HBE characteristics that affect health outcomes; (2) defining appropriate future research designs; and (3) understanding the need for holistic analysis of the integrated effects of diverse HBE characteristics on health outcomes.

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“…However, the increase in the quantity of affordable housing does not guarantee improvements in the quality of the indoor environment (IEQ), which commonly affects people's comfort, health and productivity (Haghighat & Donnini, 1999;Lai et al, 2009;Frontczak & Wargocki, 2011;Al Horr et al, 2016). For example, one of the aspects of IEQ that influences residents' well-being is the thermal comfort of the space, such as temperature and ventilation (Persily, 2015;Nimlyat & Kandar 2015).…”

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Residents' Satisfaction Towards the Indoor Environmental Quality of Re-engineered Affordable Housing Scheme in Malaysia

Kamaruzzaman

Razali

Zawawi³

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Malaysia is currently focusing on providing affordable housing all over the country, as part of the plan to tackle the problem of the rising costs of house ownership due to reasons such as the economic crisis and land limitations. However, a limited number of methodical studies have been conducted on residents' feedback on the indoor environment of affordable housing. Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) is an important aspect of occupants' wellbeing, as it affects their health and productivity. Therefore, evaluating residents' feedback on IEQ is an important step in gauging building performance and conditions. In addition, the health and productivity of residents needs to be evaluated in order to identify the effect of IEQ on them. A questionnaire survey was used to achieve the study objectives and to gain access to the respondents' views and feedback. The pilot questionnaire study was conducted at two housing apartments in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the data collected were evaluated and analyzed using SPSS software. The outcome of this pilot study is significant, as it shows the residents' dissatisfaction level towards IEQ factors such as noise, glare and privacy, and other aspects of IEQ that are important, such as ventilation. Additionally, it has been found that the IEQ of the residents does affect their health and productivity. It is anticipated that the outcome of this study will serve as an indicator of building performance improvements needed to achieve a better indoor environment quality for affordable housing in Malaysia.

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“…Moreover [32 ;37] in IAQ aspects, they studies on temperature, carbon dioxide, indoor air pollutants as well as the relative humidity. From the studies [32] provides a standards and guidelines regarding IAQ issues. Besides that, temperature, humidity and air movement are correlated and affect each other.…”

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Critical Aspects of the Inclusive Environmental for the Well-being of Building Occupant – A Review

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Abstract. In the property, design and construction industry the main focus of sustainability has been seen to affect the environmental such as climate change and resource depletion. Even though building may meet the recommended standards overall, but yet occupants still complain about several aspects. Indoor environmental quality consequently affects health, productivity and well-being of building occupants as most of them spend their time in indoor space. Therefore they are at risks for air pollutant occurs in the indoor air of dwellings such as volatile organic compounds, paints, ventilation, and others environmental pollutant. This paper reviews the potential health consequences in changes of climates change whereby developed countries contributed in energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. From the review search by 57 publications, the literature discussing about how thermal, acoustic and visual comfort as well as indoor air quality affects the satisfaction in indoor environmental quality and impacts to the human health. However, from the undertaken review most of the studies only highlighted on one aspects of indoor environmental quality. A number of critical aspects which give direct impacts to occupants have been identified. Subsequently, among all aspects such as lighting, ventilation, acoustics or humidity and thermal but thermal comfort perceived to influence overall satisfaction of occupants in the building. Thus, from the study revealed the critical aspects of indoor environment and contribute to the improvement for well-being and productivity of building occupants.

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Appraisal of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in healthcare facilities: A literature review

Cited by 89 publications

References 51 publications

Healing built-environment effects on health outcomes: environment–occupant–health framework

Healing built-environment effects on health outcomes: environment–occupant–health framework

Residents' Satisfaction Towards the Indoor Environmental Quality of Re-engineered Affordable Housing Scheme in Malaysia

Critical Aspects of the Inclusive Environmental for the Well-being of Building Occupant – A Review

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