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Explaining the influence of biophilic design on employee well-being

open access: yesScientific Reports
Biophilic workplace design has been proposed as an effective strategy to increase employee well-being in open-plan offices. To expand our understanding of why and for whom indoor nature exposure increases well-being, the aim of this study was to evaluate
Carmen Valor   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the potential of non-traditional sound absorbers to improve acoustic quality in open-plan offices [PDF]

open access: yes
Open-plan offices are designed to promote collaboration and communication between workers, but they can be noisy and distracting, where irrelevant speech is one of the main causes of dissatisfaction and annoyance.
António, J, Oliveira, M, Lee, PJ
core   +1 more source

Indoor Climate in Open Plan Offices

open access: yes, 2016
The current climate changes causes challenges when it comes to energy efficient solutions. Scania has the ambition to half the used energy per produced unit to the year 2020, with the base line year of 2010.
Kööhler, Oscar
core   +2 more sources

Does job control contribute to differences in physician-certified sickness absence across office concepts? A mediation analysis in a nationally representative sample

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
OBJECTIVES: Several studies have found higher sickness absence in shared and open workspaces than in private offices, but little is known about why these differences occur.
Randi Hovden Borge   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancing Adaptive Acoustic Comfort in Open-Plan Offices Through Green Window Views and Auditory Biophilic Elements

open access: yesBuildings
Naturally ventilated office spaces present a dual challenge: open windows are sources of thermal comfort and acoustic disturbances. Despite growing interest in adaptive comfort frameworks, the acoustic adaptation effects specific to naturally ventilated ...
Merve Eşmebaşı, Siu-Kit Lau
doaj   +1 more source

Perceived Speech Privacy in Computer Simulated Open-plan Offices

open access: yes, 2005
In open plan offices the lack of speech privacy between the workstations is one of the major acoustic problems. Improving the speech privacy in an open plan design is therefore the main concern for a successful open plan environment.
Rindel, Jens Holger, Pop, Claudiu B.
core  

Coworking Spaces – A Source for Developing Creative Business [PDF]

open access: yesOvidius University Annals: Economic Sciences Series, 2019
The effects of information technology have allowed people to choose between working at the firm's office, home office or in collaborative spaces, in open plan office environments, where they work alongside other non-affiliated professionals for a monthly
Claudia Isac
doaj  

EFEITO DA REESTRUTURAÇÃO DO AMBIENTE DE TRABALHO SOBRE A SAÚDE DE TRABALHADORES ADMINISTRATIVOS: IMPLANTAÇÃO DE OPEN-PLAN OFFICES

open access: yesAção Ergonômica, 2015
O trabalho em equipe tem sido cada vez mais incentivado, refletindo até mesmo na organização do ambiente ocupacional. Objetivando facilitar a interação tem-se observado adaptações ambientais na substituição de salas individuas por open-plan offices. Este
Gabriela Salomé Nunes   +5 more
doaj  

Understanding user evaluation structures for wooden frames in open-plan offices: a quantitative and qualitative study

open access: yesJournal of Wood Science
This study aimed to explore the psychological effects of wooden frames and interiors in open-plan offices (OPO) and to understand the evaluation structure associated with wooden materials.
Takashi Shima   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Combined Weighting Method to Assess Indoor Environmental Sub-Factors for Human Comfort in Offices in China’s Severe Cold Regions

open access: yesBuildings
Indoor environmental quality in offices, comprising thermal, acoustic, lighting, and air quality domains, is known to influence human comfort, yet the relative importance of their sub-factors—particularly in severe cold regions—remains unclear.
Zheng Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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