Article
Construction & Building Technology
Henk W. Brink, Marcel G. L. C. Loomans, Mark P. Mobach, Helianthe S. M. Kort
Summary: Several studies have found that the indoor environmental quality of classrooms can have a positive influence on in-class activities. In order to create an optimal indoor environmental quality, it is important to understand and quantify the combined effect of indoor air quality, thermal comfort, acoustic conditions, and lighting conditions on individuals. A systematic approach was developed to study the simultaneous effect of these parameters. The approach was tested in a pilot study during a regular academic course, which showed significant associations between natural variations in indoor environmental quality and students' perceptions and cognitive responses, as well as a correlation between perceived cognitive responses and short-term academic performance.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
YooSeok Jung, TaeWook Kang, Chanjun Chun
Summary: Shared and open offices are on the rise with challenges in space management. This study explores using IoT devices for data collection and deep learning for anomaly analysis to address these challenges effectively.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Amer Al-Jokhadar, Saba Alnusairat, Yasser Abuhashem, Yasmine Soudi
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the impact of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) on the comfort levels and academic performance of architecture students in design studios. The results indicate a need for improvement in overall comfort levels, with noise levels and humidity being the least satisfactory factors. Common symptoms reported by students during the autumn semester include decreased focus, dry skin, nasal congestion, and headaches. A significant positive link is found between the level of concentration and academic achievement. The majority of students believe that enhancing IEQ will improve their academic performance.
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Oluyemi Toyinbo
Summary: This article reviews the impact of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) on schools, focusing on ventilation, thermal comfort, moisture and mold, and cleanliness. Adequate ventilation and thermal comfort are recommended to reduce the risk of communicable diseases, but natural ventilation may be limited in some regions.
Article
Ecology
Michael Francis Norwood, Ali Lakhani, Elizabeth Kendall
Summary: Lessons in nature can improve the behavior and performance of disadvantaged young people, with students showing higher engagement in outdoor classrooms. However, this increased engagement did not necessarily lead to better academic grades. Outdoor classrooms may help reduce disengagement and misbehavior in class, particularly for students disproportionately affected by these issues.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ji Hyeon Cho, Jin Woo Moon
Summary: Recently, AI-based methods have shown high prediction accuracy and energy-efficient control performance in building control or prediction. However, optimizing indoor environments in macroscopic systems like buildings can be challenging due to interaction between various physical factors. Therefore, an innovative integrated prediction and control solution for building environment is needed.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Hao Tang, Xue Liu, Yang Geng, Borong Lin, Yong Ding
Summary: This study aimed to predict occupants' overall satisfaction with indoor environmental quality (IEQ) using regression models and machine learning models. The models' performance was examined on different datasets and building types. The results showed that the acoustic environment had a greater impact on females, while the indoor air quality had a greater impact on males. The study also revealed that unsatisfying IEQ factors had a dominant negative impact on overall satisfaction.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Norsafiah Norazman, Adi Irfan Che Ani, Wan Norisma Wan Ismail, Afifuddin Husairi Hussain, Khairul Nizam Abdul Maulud
Summary: The study aims to evaluate students' satisfaction and perception of classroom comfort level, along with recommendations to improve indoor environment quality. The adaptation of Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is recommended for continuous monitoring and management of indoor environmental aspects in school buildings.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Alex Donkers, Dujuan Yang, Bauke de Vries, Nico Baken
Summary: Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) has significant impacts on occupants' satisfaction, health, productivity, comfort, and well-being. The integration of IoT and BIM data is challenging and costly, limiting the potential of smart buildings. This research addresses this issue by leveraging semantic web technologies and developing a new ontology that integrates building topology, static properties, and dynamic properties. The Building Performance Ontology (BOP) facilitates intuitive queries and offers extensibility in both horizontal and vertical dimensions. The findings open up new research opportunities in the IEQ domain.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Radostin Mitkov, Dessislava Petrova-Antonova, Petar O. Hristov
Summary: People spend most of their time indoors, and indoor air quality can greatly impact comfort, health, and productivity. This study uses measurement data from a kindergarten in Sofia, Bulgaria to develop models (ARIMA and LSTM) for predicting CO2 levels in real-time. The LSTM model also predicts temperature and humidity, and global comfort is estimated based on threshold values. The models achieve high prediction accuracy for CO2 levels and global comfort conditions.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Marijke Avonts, Nele R. Michels, Katrien Bombeke, Niel Hens, Samuel Coenen, Olivier M. Vanderveken, Benedicte Y. De Winter
Summary: This study investigates the impact of Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) on peer teachers' academic scores and competencies. The results suggest that higher achieving students are more likely to volunteer for peer tutoring and PAL has a positive impact on medical expert, collaborator, scholar, and professional roles.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Chunmei She, Qiao Liang, Wenjun Jiang, Qiang Xing
Summary: Studies have shown that learning adaptability is crucial for students to use self-regulated learning effectively, but the specific mechanism behind this relationship is still not clear. This study investigated the mediating roles of academic motivation and self-management in the relationship between learning adaptability and self-regulated learning in 787 junior high school students. The results indicate that learning adaptability positively influences self-regulated learning, and academic motivation and self-management independently and cumulatively mediate this relationship. These findings provide insights into how to support students in coping with educational reform challenges and highlight the importance of learning adaptability for self-regulated learning in junior high school students.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mohamed Marzouk, Mohamed Atef
Summary: This research presents a system that uses IoT and AI technologies to monitor and evaluate indoor air quality by collecting different air parameters. The system demonstrates high effectiveness in transferring data and predicting air parameters. It proves to be a powerful tool for monitoring and controlling indoor air quality.
Review
Construction & Building Technology
Soheil Roumi, Fan Zhang, Rodney A. Stewart, Mattheos Santamouris
Summary: This paper provides a comprehensive review of 25 studies on the development of IEQ evaluation models in commercial buildings. The studies differentiate between objective and subjective measurement approaches, as well as three types of IEQ models. The analysis discusses five commonly used methods and evaluates the interaction effects and relative contributions of IEQ factors. The paper proposes five key criteria for developing quality IEQ models and presents a ranking and scoring system for their evaluation.
ENERGY AND BUILDINGS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
H. W. Brink, W. P. Krijnen, M. G. L. C. Loomans, M. P. Mobach, H. S. M. Kort
Summary: This study investigates the impact of altering multiple indoor environmental conditions on students' perceptions and performance. The results indicate that reducing reverberation time and increasing horizontal illuminance have a positive effect on students' cognitive performance and quality of learning, but do not improve problem-solving abilities. Improving indoor air quality conditions did not show similar benefits as the changes in reverberation time and horizontal illuminance.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Sjoukje A. van Dellen, Barbara Wisse, Mark P. Mobach, Casper J. Albers, Arie Dijkstra
Summary: The availability of high-quality lactation rooms in the workplace can significantly impact working mothers' satisfaction and perceptions related to expressing breast milk at work. Research shows that higher-quality lactation rooms are associated with increased satisfaction, ease of milk expression, and support from supervisors and co-workers.
INTERNATIONAL BREASTFEEDING JOURNAL
(2021)
Review
Education, Special
Berit Ann Roos, Mark Mobach, Ann Heylighen
Summary: This scoping review explores the impact of architecture on the quality of life of individuals engaging in challenging behaviors. The study finds that there is a lack of research on the relationship between architecture, quality of life, intellectual impairment, and challenging behaviors. Future research should focus on understanding the contribution of architecture to the quality of life of these individuals and compare their needs with those of individuals with autism.
RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Henk W. Brink, Marcel G. L. C. Loomans, Mark P. Mobach, Helianthe S. M. Kort
Summary: Several studies have found that the indoor environmental quality of classrooms can have a positive influence on in-class activities. In order to create an optimal indoor environmental quality, it is important to understand and quantify the combined effect of indoor air quality, thermal comfort, acoustic conditions, and lighting conditions on individuals. A systematic approach was developed to study the simultaneous effect of these parameters. The approach was tested in a pilot study during a regular academic course, which showed significant associations between natural variations in indoor environmental quality and students' perceptions and cognitive responses, as well as a correlation between perceived cognitive responses and short-term academic performance.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mark P. Mobach
Summary: A large proportion of the global workforce migrated home during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, but there were differences between home workers and non-home workers. Study findings suggest that home workers had less favorable perceptions of on-site buildings and workplaces, but better work quality and health compared to non-home workers. However, building, workplace, and related facilities may have the capacity to positively influence employees' affective responses and work quality, but not always their health.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sascha Naomi Jansz, Mark Mobach, Terry van Dijk
Summary: This study aims to identify why some locations are successful in fostering unplanned meetings while others are not. The findings suggest that there are three natural moments for unplanned meetings: during short breaks, lunch breaks, and events. The study also highlights the importance of the campus environment in facilitating these meetings.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Marloes M. A. de Haas, Marcel G. L. C. Loomans, Marije te Kulve, Atze C. Boerstra, Helianthe S. M. Kort
Summary: Throughout history, outbreaks of infectious diseases have had a significant impact on the human population. The emergence of the previously unknown SARS-CoV-2 virus in December 2019 caused a global pandemic. Long-term care facility residents were found to be highly vulnerable to infection due to their frailty. An important transmission route for respiratory infectious diseases like COVID-19 is through airborne transmission, which occurs in shared indoor environments. To reduce the risk of airborne transmission, it is necessary to consider ventilation and other building services system measures, including personalized ventilation (PV). A laboratory experiment was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of PV in reducing the risk of infection. The experiment simulated a person close to a PV system that provided filtered recirculated air, while a particle source maintained a constant particle concentration in the room. The outcomes showed that in this laboratory setting, the PV system can reduce the infection risk by up to 50%. The performance of the system is influenced by various design parameters and factors such as distance to the breathing zone, angle of the supply head, airflows in the room, and location of the particle source. Further optimization is needed to apply the system in long-term care facilities, including considerations of mobility, breathing patterns, and factors affecting comfort and use.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF VENTILATION
(2023)
Article
Management
Henk W. Brink, Stefan C. M. Lechner, Marcel G. L. C. Loomans, Mark P. Mobach, Helianthe S. M. Kort
Summary: This study qualitatively examined the relationship between indoor environmental quality (IEQ), lecturers' and students' perceived internal responses, and academic performance. The findings showed that poor IEQ conditions, including thermal, lighting, acoustic, and indoor air quality (IAQ), can negatively impact teaching and learning. Maintaining acceptable thermal and IAQ conditions can improve the quality of teaching and learning by reducing distractions and discomfort.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Berit Ann Roos, Mark Mobach, Ann Heylighen
Summary: The aim of this study is to explore the interaction between challenging behavior in intellectually impaired individuals and space, and to investigate the use of routinely collected data for this purpose. The findings suggest that the interaction between individuals and space can be both direct and indirect, and that space has a strong impact on individuals' senses and perceived stress. People also have a significant influence, with caregivers having both positive and negative effects, and co-residents triggering challenging behavior. Providing living environments that offer choice in caregiver proximity, distance from high-tension co-residents, lower transition thresholds, and predictability would be beneficial for intellectually impaired individuals showing challenging behavior.
HERD-HEALTH ENVIRONMENTS RESEARCH & DESIGN JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Hailin Zheng, Zhijian Wang, Marcel Loomans, Shalika Walker, Wim Zeiler
Summary: With the increasing reliance on daycare centers for early childhood development, ensuring healthy environments in semi-enclosed baby beds is crucial. This study investigates the performance of different ventilation strategies in enhancing air quality in daycare center bedrooms. The findings reveal that personalized ventilation has the best performance, followed by displacement ventilation and mixing ventilation. Sleep positions and ventilation rates significantly influenced the performance of certain ventilation modes.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Hailin Zheng, Zhijian Wang, Marcel Loomans, Shalika Walker, Wim Zeiler
Summary: In Dutch daycare centers, concerns have been raised about the air quality inside semi-enclosed beds due to insufficient room-level ventilation. A field survey in 17 daycare centers collected data on bedroom ventilation conditions. Based on this, a full-scale bedroom was constructed to study bed-level ventilation conditions. The results showed that there was a high concentration of exhaled CO2 inside the bed, indicating the need to improve air quality in the baby bed.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Jan Gerard Hoendervanger, Nico W. Van Yperen, Mark P. Mobach, Casper J. Albers
Summary: Research suggests that in activity-based work environments, workers feel a higher sense of fit when using closed work settings for individual high-concentration work, and more frequent setting-switching is related to higher perceived fit, especially among workers who do not frequently switch activities. Therefore, it is important to facilitate and stimulate the use of closed work settings for individual high-concentration work to optimize workers' perceived fit in such environments.
ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Management
Sascha Naomi Jansz, Terry van Dijk, Mark P. Mobach
Summary: This study investigates the critical success factors influencing interaction on Dutch university campuses and compares them with existing literature. It identifies key categories like constraints, motivators, designing spaces, designing services, building community, and creating coherence. By viewing the campus as an open system, practical applicability of these factors in campus design policies is highlighted for fostering knowledge sharing interactions.
Article
Management
Emma Zijlstra, Mariet Hagedoorn, Stefan C. M. Lechner, Cees P. van der Schans, Mark P. Mobach
Summary: The study looked into patients' preferences for social contact in outpatient infusion centers, finding a correlation between physical aspects like enclosure and social environment. Patients preferred different physical aspects based on their communication preferences. Facility managers can use these findings to improve patient experiences and make informed decisions.
