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Bergefurt L, Appel-Meulenbroek R, Arentze T. How physical home workspace characteristics affect mental health: A systematic scoping review. Work 2023; 76:489-506. [PMID: 37066958 PMCID: PMC10657703 DOI: 10.3233/wor-220505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND During the 1990s, voluntary teleworking became more grounded, because of expected advantages as increased productivity and comfort. However, COVID-19 obliged employees to work from home (WFH), even in unsuitable houses, which might have reduced their mental health. A holistic overview of methods and measures of the physical home-workspace characteristics and mental health is currently lacking. Insights in the potential influence of the physical home-workspace on mental health are also not yet holistically examined. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to provide insights in previously studied relationships between the physical home-workspace and mental health and to identify measures for both using a systematic scoping review. METHODS This study used the PRISMA method to systematically review existing literature. RESULTS Most studies focussed on noise, acoustics, and privacy, in relation to productivity, concentration, and sleep quality. Only a few studies used objective measures for physical home-workspace characteristics. CONCLUSION The list of relevant measures can be used by academics to examine relationships between the home-workspace and mental health further. Workplace managers can use it to help employees in optimizing their home-workspace.
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- Lisanne Bergefurt
- Faculty of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Jiang L, Li Y, Cai Y, Liu K, Liu C, Zhang J. Probabilistic health risk assessment and monetization based on benzene series exposure in newly renovated teaching buildings. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2022; 163:107194. [PMID: 35339921 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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To meet the needs of the rapid development of education, there have been growing investments in the issue of university infrastructures. However, few studies have paid attention to the assessment and monetization of health risks in newly renovated teaching buildings. In this study, concentrations of the benzene series (BTEX) group were measured in five areas of three newly renovated teaching buildings. A total of 135 BTEX samples were collected using passive diffusion monitors and analyzed by GC-FID. Human health risk assessments were conducted by using probabilistic methods for four types of population exposure to BTEX. The results showed that the cancer risk of benzene accounted for most of the total in each group. There was over 90% probability of excess cancer risks in the areas within the tested buildings; and the non-cancer risks were all within the acceptable level. The health risks of men were greater than those of women, and those of teachers were higher than those of students. The model calculation results of Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) and Willingness to Pay (WTP) indicated that the average price that society was willing to pay to offset the health damage caused in these newly renovated teaching buildings was 381.35 yuan/year. For the first time, this study highlights the health risks of newly built teaching buildings in universities, points out the urgent need to improve the control of BTEX sources in this type of indoor environment; moreover, it provides theoretical support for the society and occupational protection departments to compensate for the health damage to professionals.
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- Luping Jiang
- School of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China; Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China
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- School of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China; Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China
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- School of Business Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China; Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China
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- Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China
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- Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China; Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430073, China.
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- Research Center for Environment and Health, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan 430073, China.
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Zhang R, Campanella C, Aristizabal S, Jamrozik A, Zhao J, Porter P, Ly S, Bauer BA. Impacts of Dynamic LED Lighting on the Well-Being and Experience of Office Occupants. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17197217. [PMID: 33023141 PMCID: PMC7579128 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17197217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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As a critical factor in the built environment, lighting presents considerable influence on occupants. Previous research across static lighting conditions has found that both illuminance and correlated color temperature (CCT) affect occupants’ physiological and psychological functioning. However, little research has been conducted on the non-visual impacts of dynamic lighting with daily variation in illuminance and CCT levels. The purpose of this study is to better understand the impact of dynamic lighting on office occupants’ health, well-being and experience at a living lab. Fifteen participants were recruited to work in three office modules for four months. Four lighting conditions were designed and implemented in this study, including two static lighting conditions and two dynamic lighting conditions with a specific predefined control scheme. A prototype lighting system with enhanced control capabilities was configured and implemented to ensure the desired lighting environment protocol. Both objective methods and subjective surveys were used to assess the behavioral and physiological outcomes of interest, including mental stress, sleep, productivity, satisfaction, mood, visual comfort and perceived naturalness. The results showed that the daytime behavioral impacts were either positive or mixed. Specifically, a significant alertness increase was observed in the afternoon, indicating a potential solution to reduce the natural feelings of sleepiness during the workday. There was also a marginal benefit for mood. The nighttime impacts include a significant decrease in perceived sleep quality and sleep time after subjects were exposed to dynamic lighting. No significant differences were observed for mental stress, productivity, visual comfort, or perceived naturalness. The findings present additional insights into the non-visual impacts of dynamic lighting and give recommendations for further investigations.
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- Rongpeng Zhang
- Well Living Lab, Rochester, MN 55902, USA; (C.C.); (S.A.); (A.J.); (J.Z.); (P.P.); (S.L.); (B.A.B.)
- Delos Labs, Delos Living, New York, NY 10014, USA
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
- Correspondence:
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- Well Living Lab, Rochester, MN 55902, USA; (C.C.); (S.A.); (A.J.); (J.Z.); (P.P.); (S.L.); (B.A.B.)
- Delos Labs, Delos Living, New York, NY 10014, USA
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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- Well Living Lab, Rochester, MN 55902, USA; (C.C.); (S.A.); (A.J.); (J.Z.); (P.P.); (S.L.); (B.A.B.)
- Delos Labs, Delos Living, New York, NY 10014, USA
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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- Well Living Lab, Rochester, MN 55902, USA; (C.C.); (S.A.); (A.J.); (J.Z.); (P.P.); (S.L.); (B.A.B.)
- Delos Labs, Delos Living, New York, NY 10014, USA
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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- Well Living Lab, Rochester, MN 55902, USA; (C.C.); (S.A.); (A.J.); (J.Z.); (P.P.); (S.L.); (B.A.B.)
- Delos Labs, Delos Living, New York, NY 10014, USA
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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- Well Living Lab, Rochester, MN 55902, USA; (C.C.); (S.A.); (A.J.); (J.Z.); (P.P.); (S.L.); (B.A.B.)
- Delos Labs, Delos Living, New York, NY 10014, USA
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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- Well Living Lab, Rochester, MN 55902, USA; (C.C.); (S.A.); (A.J.); (J.Z.); (P.P.); (S.L.); (B.A.B.)
- Delos Labs, Delos Living, New York, NY 10014, USA
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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- Well Living Lab, Rochester, MN 55902, USA; (C.C.); (S.A.); (A.J.); (J.Z.); (P.P.); (S.L.); (B.A.B.)
- Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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Coulby G, Clear A, Jones O, Godfrey A. A Scoping Review of Technological Approaches to Environmental Monitoring. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17113995. [PMID: 32512865 PMCID: PMC7312086 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17113995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Indoor environment quality (IEQ) can negatively affect occupant health and wellbeing. Air quality, as well as thermal, visual and auditory conditions, can determine how comfortable occupants feel within buildings. Some can be measured objectively, but many are assessed by interpreting qualitative responses. Continuous monitoring by passive sensors may be useful to identify links between environmental and physiological changes. Few studies localise measurements to an occupant level perhaps due to many environmental monitoring solutions being large and expensive. Traditional models for occupant comfort analysis often exacerbate this by not differentiating between individual building occupants. This scoping review aims to understand IEQ and explore approaches as to how it is measured with various sensing technologies, identifying trends for monitoring occupant health and wellbeing. Twenty-seven studies were reviewed, and more than 60 state-of-the-art and low-cost IEQ sensors identified. Studies were found to focus on the home or workplace, but not both. This review also found how wearable technology could be used to augment IEQ measurements, creating personalised approaches to health and wellbeing. Opportunities exist to make individuals the primary unit of analysis. Future research should explore holistic personalised approaches to health monitoring in buildings that analyse the individual as they move between environments.
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- Graham Coulby
- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK; (G.C.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK; (G.C.); (A.C.)
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- Department of Technologies, Ryder Architecture, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 3NN, UK;
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- Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK; (G.C.); (A.C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +44-(0)191-227-3642
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Minimising the Deviation between Predicted and Actual Building Performance via Use of Neural Networks and BIM. BUILDINGS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/buildings9050131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Building energy performance tools are widely used to simulate the expected energy consumption of a given building during the operation phase of its life cycle. Deviations between predicted and actual energy consumptions have however been reported as a major limiting factor to the tools adopted in the literature. A significant reason highlighted as greatly influencing the difference in energy performance is related to the occupant behaviour of the building. To enhance the effectiveness of building energy performance tools, this study proposes a method which integrates Building Information Modelling (BIM) with artificial neural network model for limiting the deviation between predicted and actual energy consumption rates. Through training a deep neural network for predicting occupant behaviour that reflects the actual performance of the building under examination, accurate BIM representations are produced which are validated via energy simulations. The proposed method is applied to a realistic case study, which highlights significant improvements when contrasted with a static simulation that does not account for changes in occupant behaviour.
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