Self-reported health and comfort in ‘modern’ office buildings: first results from the European OFFICAIR study
| Autor: | Philomena M. Bluyssen, Corinne Mandin, J.G. Bartzis, Victor G. Mihucz, Serena Fossati, Paolo Carrer, E. de Oliveira Fernandes, Célina Roda, Y. de Kluizenaar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Engineering
Environmental Engineering Health Status media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Job Satisfaction Urban planning Environmental health 021105 building & construction medicine Humans Quality (business) Workplace Environmental quality Built environment 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common business.industry Stressor Temperature Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Dry eyes Human factors and ergonomics Building and Construction medicine.disease Checklist Europe Self Report business |
| Zdroj: | Indoor Air. 26:298-317 |
| ISSN: | 0905-6947 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ina.12196 |
| Popis: | In the European research project OFFICAIR, a procedure was developed to determine associations between characteristics of European offices and health and comfort of office workers, through a checklist and a self-administered questionnaire including environmental, physiological, psychological, and social aspects. This procedure was applied in 167 office buildings in eight European countries (Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Finland) during the winter of 2011-2012. About 26 735 survey invitation e-mails were sent, and 7441 office workers were included in the survey. Among respondents who rated an overall comfort less than 4 (23%), 'noise (other than from building systems)', air 'too dry', and temperature 'too variable' were the main complaints selected. An increase of perceived control over indoor climate was positively associated with the perceived indoor environment quality. Almost one-third of office workers suffered from dry eyes and headache in the last 4 weeks. Physical building characteristics were associated with occupants' overall satisfaction (acoustical solutions, mold growth, complaints procedure, cleaning activities) and health (number of occupants, lack of operable windows, presence of carpet and cleaning activities). OFFICAIR project provides a useful database to identify stressors related to indoor environmental quality and office worker's health. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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