Building- and Work-Related Symptoms (BWRS) A Multivariate Exploratory Study of Office Environments

Laike, Thorbjörn; Tonello, Graciela

doi:10.2150/jlve.33.147

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“…The interior lighting quality was assessed by means of a questionnaire containing five-grade rating scales 27 in order to estimate the impact of lighting on the appearance of the space in terms of unpleasant–pleasant, weak–strong, cold–warm, natural–unnatural, glaring–no glaring and soft–hard. The visibility condition (readability) was also measured ranging from very poor to very well.…”

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Perceived well-being and light-reactive hormones: An exploratory study

Tonello

Borsetti

et al. 2018

Lighting Research & Technology

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Light can impact psychobiological processes in a healthy or harmful way, challenging designers to better understand the resources they are manipulating. The present exploratory study compared two forms of office lighting which differed in correlated colour temperatures and light level. A holistic approach, comprising visual, emotional and biological dimensions, was used to assess the lighting conditions that could favour productivity and well-being by means of the identification of congruent relationships between objective and subjective measurements in response to light stimuli. The former included analyses of melatonin and cortisol, and the latter were psychological instruments for measuring transitory mood, somnolence, and visual comfort. Controlled experiments were run in a laboratory with a repeated measures design, which yielded fifty-six evaluations. Although no extreme ranges of correlated colour temperatures were used in this study, the spectral blue component present in the correlated colour temperature of approximately 4000 K, and also provided by the light-emitting diodes system at a higher light level, could have contributed to render most of the strong effects on the inter and intra correlations among the psychobiological responses. The mediator role of the psychological profile of the individuals was demonstrated by the significant predictive value of the perceived stress measures.

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Perceived well-being and light-reactive hormones: An exploratory study

Tonello

Borsetti

et al. 2018

Lighting Research & Technology

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“…Environmental psychology has generally taken a dimensional approach to the study of emotions, considering human responses to environmental exposure through a holistic process (Laike, 2009).…”

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Emotional Perception of Urban Environments

Tonello¹,

Bobatto²

2014

JPR

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

Kim

Dear

Cândido

et al. 2013

Building and Environment

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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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Building- and Work-Related Symptoms (BWRS) A Multivariate Exploratory Study of Office Environments

Cited by 3 publications

References 20 publications

Perceived well-being and light-reactive hormones: An exploratory study

Perceived well-being and light-reactive hormones: An exploratory study

Emotional Perception of Urban Environments

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

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