The importance of air quality for underground spaces : an international survey of public attitudes
Space is a resource that is constantly being depleted, especially in mega-cities. Underground workspaces (UGS) are increasingly being included in urban plans and have emerged as a realistic and essential component of vertical cities. While progress had been made on the engineering aspects associated...
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| author | Yap, Hui Shan Roberts, Adam Charles Luo, Chengwen Tan, Zheng Lee, Eun Hee Thach, Thuan-Quoc Kwok, Kian-Woon Car, Josip Soh, Chee Kiong Christopoulos, George I. |
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| description | Space is a resource that is constantly being depleted, especially in mega-cities. Underground workspaces (UGS) are increasingly being included in urban plans and have emerged as a realistic and essential component of vertical cities. While progress had been made on the engineering aspects associated with the development of high-quality UGS, public attitudes towards UGS as work environment (i.e. concerns public has on the design of UGS) are relatively unknown. Here, we present the first large-scale study examining preferences and attitudes towards UGS, surveying close to 2,000 participants from four cities in three continents (Singapore, Shanghai, London and Montreal). Contrary to some anecdotal or qualitative beliefs, air quality (and not lack of windows) is the major concern of prospective occupants. Windows, temperature and lighting emerged as additional key architectural features for UGS. Importantly, early adopters (i.e. individuals more willing to accept UGS and thus more likely to be the first occupants) across all cities prioritised air quality. Present results suggest that (perceived) air quality is a key architectural feature for UGS that needs to be communicated to prospective occupants as this will improve their attitudes and views towards UGS. This study highlights the importance of indoor air quality for the public. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1512572023-05-19T07:31:19Z The importance of air quality for underground spaces : an international survey of public attitudes Yap, Hui Shan Roberts, Adam Charles Luo, Chengwen Tan, Zheng Lee, Eun Hee Thach, Thuan-Quoc Kwok, Kian-Woon Car, Josip Soh, Chee Kiong Christopoulos, George I. Nanyang Business School School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) School of Social Sciences Center for Population Health Sciences Decision, Environmental and Organizational Neuroscience Lab Social sciences::Psychology Building Performance Aspects Underground Workspace Space is a resource that is constantly being depleted, especially in mega-cities. Underground workspaces (UGS) are increasingly being included in urban plans and have emerged as a realistic and essential component of vertical cities. While progress had been made on the engineering aspects associated with the development of high-quality UGS, public attitudes towards UGS as work environment (i.e. concerns public has on the design of UGS) are relatively unknown. Here, we present the first large-scale study examining preferences and attitudes towards UGS, surveying close to 2,000 participants from four cities in three continents (Singapore, Shanghai, London and Montreal). Contrary to some anecdotal or qualitative beliefs, air quality (and not lack of windows) is the major concern of prospective occupants. Windows, temperature and lighting emerged as additional key architectural features for UGS. Importantly, early adopters (i.e. individuals more willing to accept UGS and thus more likely to be the first occupants) across all cities prioritised air quality. Present results suggest that (perceived) air quality is a key architectural feature for UGS that needs to be communicated to prospective occupants as this will improve their attitudes and views towards UGS. This study highlights the importance of indoor air quality for the public. Ministry of National Development (MND) National Research Foundation (NRF) Accepted version This research is supported in part by the Singapore Ministry of National Development and the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office under the Land and Liveability National Innovation Challenge (L2 NIC) Research Programme (L2 NIC Award No L2 NIC FP1-2013-2). 2021-12-09T13:58:00Z 2021-12-09T13:58:00Z 2021 Journal Article Yap, H. S., Roberts, A. C., Luo, C., Tan, Z., Lee, E. H., Thach, T., Kwok, K., Car, J., Soh, C. K. & Christopoulos, G. I. (2021). The importance of air quality for underground spaces : an international survey of public attitudes. Indoor Air, 31(6), 2239-2251. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ina.12863 0905-6947 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151257 10.1111/ina.12863 6 31 2239 2251 en L2NICCFP1-2013-2 Indoor Air This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Yap, H. S., Roberts, A. C., Luo, C., Tan, Z., Lee, E. H., Thach, T., Kwok, K., Car, J., Soh, C. K. & Christopoulos, G. I. (2021). The importance of air quality for underground spaces : an international survey of public attitudes. Indoor Air, 31(6), 2239-2251, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12863. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Psychology Building Performance Aspects Underground Workspace Yap, Hui Shan Roberts, Adam Charles Luo, Chengwen Tan, Zheng Lee, Eun Hee Thach, Thuan-Quoc Kwok, Kian-Woon Car, Josip Soh, Chee Kiong Christopoulos, George I. The importance of air quality for underground spaces : an international survey of public attitudes |
| title | The importance of air quality for underground spaces : an international survey of public attitudes |
| title_full | The importance of air quality for underground spaces : an international survey of public attitudes |
| title_fullStr | The importance of air quality for underground spaces : an international survey of public attitudes |
| title_full_unstemmed | The importance of air quality for underground spaces : an international survey of public attitudes |
| title_short | The importance of air quality for underground spaces : an international survey of public attitudes |
| title_sort | importance of air quality for underground spaces an international survey of public attitudes |
| topic | Social sciences::Psychology Building Performance Aspects Underground Workspace |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151257 |
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