Post-occupancy evaluation of 20 office buildings as basis for future IEQ standards and guidelines

Effects of office environment on employee satisfaction: a new analysis

“…Both studies concur that physical variables related to the luminous environment were predictive of SAT_L. Metrics of glare were associated with lower satisfaction (represented by VDT_CAT for the COPE study and DGP for the GreenPOE study), again, this is consistent with prior research (Choi et al, 2012;Hirning, Isoardi, & Cowling, 2014). Note that in the GreenPOE study higher overall light level (LumAbMLN, IllumBelow) was associated with better satisfaction; the variable CUBEDAYT in the COPE analysis showed a similar relationship, but did not 11 maintain significance in the final step of the model.…”

“…Choi, Loftness, & Aziz, 2012;De Croon, Sluiter, Kuijer, & Frings-Dresen, 2005;Frontczak et al, 2012;Klitzman & Stellman, 1989;Pejtersen, Allermann, Kristensen, & Poulsen, 2006;Thayer et al, 2010;Yildirim, Akalin-Baskaya, & Celebi, 2007). This topic has grown in relevance with the importance of the green or sustainable buildings movement, in which various rating systems offer points for features related to indoor environment quality (Birt & Newsham, 2009;Lee, 2013;Todd, Crawley, Geissler, & Lindsey, 2010).…”

Investigation of the potential use of human eye pupil sizes to estimate visual sensations in the workplace environment

“…One of the author's previous research efforts also supported these existing literature findings with measured and surveyed data [2]. In both instances, individuals reported different visual sensations in similar lighting conditions, and requested different lighting levels in spite of the fact that they were performing the same type of task in an office building.…”

Investigation of dust loading and culturable microorganisms of HVAC systems in 24 office buildings in Beijing

“…This re-circulation could cause a build-up of contaminants in HVAC system. When the fresh air could not be treated and purified appropriately, the HVAC system could become more seriously polluted and act as the source of indoor air pollution, which could further pose a severe threat to the office worker's health [7] As deposition dust and culturable microorganism are suggested as the important pollution parameters in HVAC system, which might be closely associated to officers' SBS and BRI [8] and [9], it is therefore very significant to investigate the characterization of dust loading and culturable microorganism in HVAC systems of office buildings.…”