Abstract
Comprehensively monitoring indoor environmental quality (IEQ) parameters and their dynamic relations is essential to ensure improved productivity and a healthy environment for building occupants. Although IEQ significantly influences working efficiency, studies addressing this aspect with researchers in institutes as the focal point are limited. Thus, this study employed drill-down analyses, such as floor-by-floor and building-by-building examinations and used an occupant IEQ survey approach to evaluate working conditions in research buildings. This study systematically and objectively assessed IEQ using the Korea building occupant survey system. The results indicate that acoustic qualities affect the work productivity and satisfaction of the building occupants. The floor-by-floor analysis is necessary to identify IEQ factors and the reasons for the satisfaction of occupants. Additionally, it is important to improve the user-friendliness of the system, implement frequent survey distribution systems, and empirically analyze data associations among building, spatial, and demographical characteristics.
Highlights
People nowadays spend up to 87 percent of their time indoors, whether in a home or business facility, so they are constantly exposed to the indoor environment [1]
indoor environmental quality (IEQ) surveys are conducted on diverse building typologies such as office, residential, and educational buildings because IEQ factors vary depending on the properties of each building typology [3]
IEQ has a significant effect on research efficiency and work productivity in a research office [7], few studies have focused on researchers in a research institute [14]
Summary
People nowadays spend up to 87 percent of their time indoors, whether in a home or business facility, so they are constantly exposed to the indoor environment [1]. It is critical to completely comprehend the elements impacting indoor environmental quality (IEQ), their interdependence, complexity, and dynamic nature, as well as their influence on people0 s health and productivity [2,3]. To this end, many recent studies have focused on IEQ encompassing various factors affecting the satisfaction of occupants with the indoor environment and their health, work efficiency, and productivity [4,5,6]. It is important to conduct IEQ assessments for research buildings to expand the diversity of building typology and occupant
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