Productivity in buildings: the ‘killer’ variables

Leaman, Adrian; Bordass, Bill

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“…This is consistent with the conclusions drawn by Leaman and Bordass (2000), that as overall satisfaction increases, the need to alleviate discomfort and the importance of perceived control drop. When choice would make possible an escape from bad lighting, then presumably one would observe the predicted benefits in the manner of Glass and Singer (1972).…”

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Exercised Control, Lighting Choices, and Energy Use: An Office Simulation Experiment

Veitch

Newsham

2000

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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/npsi/ctrl?lang=en http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/ctrl?lang=fr Access and use of this website and the material on it are subject to the Terms and Conditions set forth at http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/jsp/nparc_cp.jsp?lang=en NRC Publications Archive Archives des publications du CNRCThis publication could be one of several versions: author's original, accepted manuscript or the publisher's version. / La version de cette publication peut être l'une des suivantes : la version prépublication de l'auteur, la version acceptée du manuscrit ou la version de l'éditeur. For the publisher's version, please access the DOI link below./ Pour consulter la version de l'éditeur, utilisez le lien DOI ci-dessous.http://dx.doi.org/10. 1006/jevp.1999.0169 Journal of Environmental Psychology, 20, 3, pp. 219-237, 2000-09-01 Exercised control, lighting choices, and energy use: an office simulation experiment Veitch, J. A.; Newsham, G. R. AbstractThe belief that individual control leads to beneficial behavioural outcomes underlies many recommendations to install individual controls for workplace lighting, temperature, and ventilation in workplaces. The present experiment compared the work performance and satisfaction of 47 office workers who were given choices concerning workplace lighting (CS) with age-and sex-matched partners (PP) who were given no choices but worked under identical lighting. Preferred luminous conditions were recorded for both groups. Satisfaction with lighting and the work environment were high for both groups, and the majority of participants chose lighting conditions consistent with current codes and standards for lighting, including energy use. CS participants had greater perceived control than PP participants, but there were no differences in satisfaction, mood, performance or health. PP participants' lighting choices, recorded at the end of the day-long session, created less VDT glare than CS choices. Although there was no short-term benefit of perceived control over lighting, it appears that experience with workplace conditions could lead to the ability to reduce unpleasant conditions if choices were available.Lighting Choices page 3

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“…Careful lighting and interior design, appropriate training for using new systems, and quick response when problem arise, are essential to avoid negative consequences (cf. Leaman & Bordass, 2000).…”

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Exercised Control, Lighting Choices, and Energy Use: An Office Simulation Experiment

Veitch

Newsham

2000

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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“…Whilst there appears to be no universally accepted means of measuring office productivity, there does appear to be acceptance that a self-assessed measure of productivity is better then no measure of productivity (Whitley et al, 1996;Oseland, 1999 and2004;Leaman and Bordass, 2000).…”

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An evaluation of the impact of the office environment on productivity

Haynes

2008

Facilities

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to develop a validated theoretical framework for the evaluation of office productivity, which includes components to represent both the physical and the behavioural environment. It is proposed that by adopting such an approach, insights into the dynamic nature, or connectivity, of office environments can be established. The main objective of this paper is to investigate the effects of the office environment on its occupants' perceived productivity.Design/methodology/approachThe study's strength is that it is based on two sizable data sets. The data collected consists of data about the physical characteristics of the office environment and data pertaining to the behavioural environment.FindingsResults are analysed for specific work patterns, to establish meaning and relationships. In all of the four work patterns evaluated it was found that interaction was perceived to be the component to have the most positive affect on productivity and distraction was perceived to have the most negative. It is proposed that the results in this paper will provide support for the hypothesis that it is the behavioural components of the office environment that have the greatest impact on office productivity.Research limitations/implicationsThis research establishes that to truly appreciate office productivity there is a need to further understand the behavioural environment. Whilst this research evaluates different work styles and office productivity, there is a possibility to extend this to investigate personality and team role types.Originality/valueThis study establishes that it is the behavioural environment that has the greatest impact on office productivity. It demonstrates that it is the dynamic elements of the office environment, interaction and distraction that are perceived as having the greatest positive and negative influences on self assessed productivity.

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“…[1][2][3]. Providing optimal, or at least comfortable environment that can satisfy a majority of occupants is deemed to be important, and has been the primary goal of conventional facilities management practice, particularly in the context of commercial office environments in which individual occupant's control over their surrounding environments is usually restricted.…”

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

Kim

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Cândido

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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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Productivity in buildings: the ‘killer’ variables

Cited by 292 publications

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Exercised Control, Lighting Choices, and Energy Use: An Office Simulation Experiment

Exercised Control, Lighting Choices, and Energy Use: An Office Simulation Experiment

An evaluation of the impact of the office environment on productivity

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

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