PT Journal AU Schneider, T Skov, P Valbjørn, O TI Challenges for indoor environment research in the new office SO Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health PD 12VL PY 1999 BP 574 EP 579 IS 6 DI 10.5271/sjweh.483 WP https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=483 DE individual control; individual reaction; psychosocial factor; sick-building syndrome; trade-off SN 0355-3140 AB

This paper discusses new directions for indoor environment research for the following 4 themes: (i) the current change in office work pattern, workplace design, and increasing demands from the work force, (ii) the large individual variation in requirements for optimal conditions pointing at the key factors of individual response and individual control options based on trade-off experiments, (iii) psychosocial factors as determinants of symptoms, comfort, and productivity, and (iv) transient, nonspecific symptoms in the indoor environment, the identification of causes, and long-term consequences.

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