Effects of residential indoor environments on occupant satisfaction and performance

With vast influences of Chinese industrial transformation, also largely impacted by the global challenges, such as climate change and pandemic, the home becomes as a place for occupants to perform their work tasks. To that end, this study concentrates on the effects of residential indoor environment...

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Main Authors: Leiqing Xu, Zhubai Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2024-01-01
Series:Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2023.2228866
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description With vast influences of Chinese industrial transformation, also largely impacted by the global challenges, such as climate change and pandemic, the home becomes as a place for occupants to perform their work tasks. To that end, this study concentrates on the effects of residential indoor environments, especially the factor of indoor environment quality (IEQ) and indoor greenery (IG), on occupants’ residential satisfaction and performance. By conducting a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) survey with the perspective of user experience (UX), 764 samples were collected, of which 528 are valid for statistical analysis. The method of structural equation modeling (SEM) was adopted to test the hypotheses. The results show that both indoor environment quality and indoor greenery have a positive effect on residential satisfaction and occupant performance, however, the former is more influential. In addition, residential satisfaction is a partial mediator, which demonstrates the mechanism: residential indoor environment mainly affects satisfaction, then occupant performance. The findings of this study provide important evidence from China in the period of the post-pandemic era that combines the unique characteristics of urbanization, gaining more insight for researchers to understand the relationship between the built environment of homes and their occupants, revealing specific design implications for practitioners.
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spelling doaj.art-1f55f094a8b44df7bd1f6785378987ab2024-02-01T14:39:33ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering1347-28522024-01-0123128229310.1080/13467581.2023.22288662228866Effects of residential indoor environments on occupant satisfaction and performanceLeiqing Xu0Zhubai Zhang1Tongji UniversityTongji UniversityWith vast influences of Chinese industrial transformation, also largely impacted by the global challenges, such as climate change and pandemic, the home becomes as a place for occupants to perform their work tasks. To that end, this study concentrates on the effects of residential indoor environments, especially the factor of indoor environment quality (IEQ) and indoor greenery (IG), on occupants’ residential satisfaction and performance. By conducting a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) survey with the perspective of user experience (UX), 764 samples were collected, of which 528 are valid for statistical analysis. The method of structural equation modeling (SEM) was adopted to test the hypotheses. The results show that both indoor environment quality and indoor greenery have a positive effect on residential satisfaction and occupant performance, however, the former is more influential. In addition, residential satisfaction is a partial mediator, which demonstrates the mechanism: residential indoor environment mainly affects satisfaction, then occupant performance. The findings of this study provide important evidence from China in the period of the post-pandemic era that combines the unique characteristics of urbanization, gaining more insight for researchers to understand the relationship between the built environment of homes and their occupants, revealing specific design implications for practitioners.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2023.2228866indoor environment qualityindoor greenerypost-occupancy evaluationresidential satisfactionoccupant performance
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indoor greenery
post-occupancy evaluation
residential satisfaction
occupant performance
title Effects of residential indoor environments on occupant satisfaction and performance
title_full Effects of residential indoor environments on occupant satisfaction and performance
title_fullStr Effects of residential indoor environments on occupant satisfaction and performance
title_full_unstemmed Effects of residential indoor environments on occupant satisfaction and performance
title_short Effects of residential indoor environments on occupant satisfaction and performance
title_sort effects of residential indoor environments on occupant satisfaction and performance
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indoor greenery
post-occupancy evaluation
residential satisfaction
occupant performance
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