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dc.contributor.authorMarchenko, Alla
dc.contributor.authorCarlucci, Salvatore
dc.contributor.authorPagliano, Lorenzo
dc.contributor.authorPietrobon, Marco
dc.contributor.authorKarlessi, Theoni
dc.contributor.authorSantamouris, Matheos
dc.contributor.authorDelaere, Niels
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-15T09:21:54Z
dc.date.available2019-02-15T09:21:54Z
dc.date.created2019-02-14T14:27:56Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.isbn9780992895785
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2585632
dc.description.abstractA number of scientific studies have shown that the performance capacity and employees’ satisfaction, enjoyment and health are directly affected by how building occupants perceive the environmental conditions that characterize their working environment. The physical well-being and comfort perception of employees directly impacts their productivity and satisfaction. However, several researchers have shown that, in numerous office environments, indoor environmental conditions are far from being perceived as comfortable. Often the main causes are faultily commissioned and operated building management systems, the lack of appropriate and coherent quality management procedures and errors in design or construction of the building systems. In order to identify critical conditions and provide a set of improvement measures, a data collection and analysis tool has been developed. It is called Comfortmeter and is used, in this paper, to analyze 69 office environments distributed throughout Europe. The tool enables the evaluation of the performance of a building as directly experienced by its occupants. The evaluation covers the themes of thermal, visual and acoustic comfort, indoor air quality, individual control possibilities and the quality of the office environment. It provides detailed outcome and practical advice to create a healthier working environment for employees. In order to use the tool, it is required, first, to administrate an online survey among the employees. Then, the employees’ responses are gathered and stored in a database. Next, the stored data are statistically analyzed to objectify the occupants’ subjective comfort experience. Finally, a report is generated and presents (i) a comparative analysis of the building performance, (ii) a structured and easy-to-understand overview of the current comfort satisfaction as perceived by occupants, (iii) an indication of possible areas of improvement as well as (iv) a suggestion of the measures necessary to raise the comfort level and, eventually, the occupants’ satisfaction and productivity.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherNCEUB Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UKnb_NO
dc.relation.ispartofRethinking Comfort – Proceedings of 10th Windsor Conference
dc.titleThe assessment of the environmental quality directly perceived and experienced by the employees of 69 European officesnb_NO
dc.typeChapternb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.identifier.cristin1677384
dc.relation.projectEC/H2020/680529nb_NO
dc.description.localcodeCopyright © 2018 by the Authors. The complete conference proceedings can be found here: http://windsorconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/W18_PROCEEDINGS.pdfnb_NO
cristin.unitcode194,64,91,0
cristin.unitnameInstitutt for bygg- og miljøteknikk
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