[HTML][HTML] Impact of indoor environmental quality on occupant well-being and comfort: A review of the literature

M Arif, M Katafygiotou, A Mazroei, A Kaushik… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and its effect on occupant well-being and comfort is an
important area of study. This paper presents a state of the art study through extensive review …

Conceptual approaches to wellbeing in buildings: A scoping review

M Hanc, C McAndrew, M Ucci - Building research & information, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Several industry-led initiatives in various countries demonstrate a new interest in wellbeing
and buildings. This paper adopts a scoping review method aiming to establish the most …

Energy optimization for HVAC systems in multi-VAV open offices: A deep reinforcement learning approach

H Wang, X Chen, N Vital, E Duffy, A Razi - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
With global warming intensifying and resource conflicts escalating, the world is undergoing
a transformative shift toward sustainable practices and energy-efficient solutions. With more …

Tropical climates and the interplay between IEQ and energy consumption in buildings: A review

A Verma, V Gupta, K Nihar, A Jana, RK Jain… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) can impact human health, well-being, and productivity.
This paper reviews the couplings between IEQ which consists of thermal, acoustic, visual …

Qatar sustainability assessment system (QSAS)-neighborhood development (ND) assessment model: Coupling green urban planning and green building design

MS Ferwati, M Al Saeed, A Shafaghat… - Journal of Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
The green building rating systems endeavor to achieve the extent of sustainability in
building scale; however, they are lacking in assessing the urban scale. Few green building …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of high-performance workplaces for boosting worker productivity, health, and creativity: A comparison between WELL and non-WELL certified …

S Marzban, C Candido, B Avazpour, M Mackey… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although there is abundance of research on Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in offices,
aspects beyond IEQ that can affect occupants' satisfaction and performance are not well …

The work environment pilot: An experiment to determine the optimal office design for a technology company

J Pitchforth, E Nelson-White, M Van Den Helder… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Over the past few decades many corporate organisations have moved to open-plan office
designs, mostly due to financial and logistical benefits. However, recent studies have found …

Enhancing staff's satisfaction with comfort toward productivity by sustainable Open Plan Office Design

A Shafaghat, A Keyvanfar, MS Ferwati… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Several sustainable building assessment tools have been developed globally to manage
sustainability in building's indoor environment. The sustainable building assessment tools …

Solving the comfort-retrofit conundrum through post-occupancy evaluation and multi-objective optimisation

CR Yu, X Liu, QC Wang… - … Engineering Research & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Developing appropriate building retrofit strategies is a challenging task. This case study
presents a multi-criteria decision-supporting method that suggests optimal solutions and …

Urban design guidelines to mitigate urban heat island (UHI) effects in hot-dry cities

S Taslim, DM Parapari, A Shafaghat - Jurnal teknologi, 2015 - journals.utm.my
Global warming and undeniable climatic change in the world have led to decreasing thermal
comfort for humans. Urban heat island (UHI) is the most documented phenomenon which …