The last decade is marked by an exponential growth of the research interest in comfort
assessment in office buildings. The extensive interest can be linked with the appreciation of …

Many service jobs are carried out in modern offices, with individual offices being
increasingly replaced by open-plan settings. The high number of adult people working in …

The COVID-19 pandemic and the quarantine period determined that university students
(human resource) in Mexico had adopted the online class modality, which required them to …

Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) has significant impacts on office occupants' productivity
and these impacts differ according to the type of office. The present study focuses on a …

The problems of open-plan offices are widely known. However, the factors explaining these
effects have received less attention. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of office …

This paper presents the findings of a user focused soundscape survey, that took place in a
visual task based and a computational task based open-plan office spaces. Aim of this study …

Previous research suggests that, in open-plan offices, noise complaints may be related to
the high intelligibility of speech. Distraction distance, which is based on the Speech …

Construction noise has been identified as one of the primary concerns because it is a
pervasive stressor with a harmful effect on worker health. However, little is known about the …

Purpose This study aims at understanding academic practice in the field of physical office
environment research and providing recommendations for further enhancement of the field …

This study aimed to investigate the associations between physical acoustic factors, job
characteristics, and job satisfaction. Acoustic measurements and questionnaire surveys …