Abstract
Since the pandemic, most work environments have changed to home-based settings, which mainly serve for living purposes other than working purposes. There is no lack of studies in the impact of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) factors on occupant productivity in regular work environments; however, limited studies are conducted in home-based work environments, not to mention in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, an online survey was developed to explore the impact of IEQ factors on productivity between office-and home-based work environments among occupants with different genders and ages. A comprehensive list of key indicators was first developed. Then a survey was developed, distributed, and received 204 complete responses. The descriptive analysis and t-test are performed to evaluate the impact difference of all the IEQ factors on productivity of different occupants. The findings indicate that the visual factors' impact on productivity decreases for both genders, the impact of all factors on productivity for younger occupants increases when work from home (WFH), and the impact of acoustic quality is the highest among all five IEQ factors. Because of WFH as the future of work, this study can provide insights for future built environment design.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Computing in Civil Engineering 2021 - Selected Papers from the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2021 |
Editors | R. Raymond A. Issa |
Publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) |
Pages | 679-687 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780784483893 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 2021 International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, I3CE 2021 - Orlando, United States Duration: Sep 12 2021 → Sep 14 2021 |
Publication series
Name | Computing in Civil Engineering 2021 - Selected Papers from the ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering 2021 |
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Conference
Conference | 2021 International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, I3CE 2021 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Orlando |
Period | 9/12/21 → 9/14/21 |
Bibliographical note
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