How Work From Home Has Affected the Occupant's Well-Being in the Residential Built Environment: An International Survey Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic

Zhihong Pang; Burçin Becerik-Gerber; Simi Hoque; Zheng O’Neill; Giulia Pedrielli; Jin Wen; Teresa Wu

doi:10.1115/1.4052640

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How Work From Home Has Affected the Occupant's Well-Being in the Residential Built Environment: An International Survey Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic

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How Work From Home Has Affected the Occupant's Well-Being in the Residential Built Environment: An International Survey Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic

Zhihong Pang, Burçin Becerik-Gerber, Simi Hoque, Zheng O’Neill, Giulia Pedrielli, Jin Wen and Teresa Wu

Journal of engineering for sustainable buildings and cities, v 2(4)

01 Nov 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052640

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COVID-19

occupant well-being

built environment

occupant-centric design and operation

occupant behavior

occupant productivity

international survey

indoor environmental quality

building

This paper presents the results from an international survey that investigated the impacts of the built environment on occupant well-being during the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic when most professionals were forced to work from home (WFH). The survey was comprised of 81 questions focusing on the respondent's profiles, residences, home indoor environmental quality, health, and home working experiences. A total of 1460 responses were collected from 35 countries, and 1137 of them were considered complete for the analysis. The results suggest that home spatial layout has a significant impact on occupant well-being during WFH since home-life distractions and noises due to the lack of a personal workspace are likely to prevent productive work. Lack of scenic views, inadequate daylighting, and poor acoustics were also reported to be detrimental to occupant productivity and the general WFH experience. It is also revealed from this survey that temperature, relative humidity, and indoor air quality generally have higher satisfaction ratios compared with the indoor lighting and acoustic conditions, and the home layout. Hence, home design for lighting, acoustics, and layout should also receive greater attention in the future.

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Title: How Work From Home Has Affected the Occupant's Well-Being in the Residential Built Environment: An International Survey Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
Creators: Zhihong Pang - Texas A&M University
Burçin Becerik-Gerber - University of Southern California
Simi Hoque - Drexel University
Zheng O’Neill - J. Mike Walker ‘66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840-1660
Giulia Pedrielli - Arizona State University
Jin Wen - Drexel University
Teresa Wu - Arizona State University
Publication Details: Journal of engineering for sustainable buildings and cities, v 2(4)
Publisher: ASME
Resource Type: Journal article
Language: English
Academic Unit: Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85131446864
Other Identifier: 991020532112704721

How Work From Home Has Affected the Occupant's Well-Being in the Residential Built Environment: An International Survey Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic

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