Room for diversity: a review of research and industry approaches to inclusive workplaces

C Tagliaro, A Migliore, EI Mosca… - Journal of Corporate …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to explore how the scientific literature and company reports have
addressed inclusive workplace design and strategies to date. Design/methodology …

Protocols for planning micro-zones to facilitate occupant-centric control (OCC) to reduce HVAC energy consumption in Indian open-plan offices

JC Jacob, D Pandit, J Sen - Energy Efficiency, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Micro-Zonal Occupant-Centric Control (MZOCC) saves HVAC energy by creating
comfortable virtual micro-zones around occupants and controlling diffusers using occupant …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of high-performance workplaces for boosting worker productivity, health, and creativity: A comparison between WELL and non-WELL certified …

S Marzban, C Candido, B Avazpour, M Mackey… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although there is abundance of research on Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in offices,
aspects beyond IEQ that can affect occupants' satisfaction and performance are not well …

[HTML][HTML] Elastic buildings: Calibrated district-scale simulation of occupant-flexible campus operation for hybrid work optimization

M Mosteiro-Romero, C Miller, A Chong… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Before 2020, the way occupants utilized the built environment had been changing slowly
towards scenarios in which occupants have more choice and flexibility in where and how …

Consequences of implementing activity-based flexible offices in academia: a follow-up study of perceived changes in the physical and psychosocial work environment …

S Toivanen, H Berthelsen, T Muhonen - Facilities, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to investigate university staff relocation from multiple separate
buildings to a new building with activity-based flexible offices (AFOs) at a University in …

Office design and occupational health–has research been left behind?

A Haapakangas, DM Hallman… - … Journal of Work …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tens of millions of workers in Europe work in office environments. Such a physical
environment might seem fairly harmless compared to the exposures of many other work …

Occupant-centric zoning design framework for flexible workplaces: Impact of occupancy modeling and building operation

E Ono, A Chong, KP Lam - Building and Environment, 2025 - Elsevier
Flexible workplaces offer the potential to enhance occupants' thermal comfort and building
energy performance through space selectivity. However, the effects of occupants' space …

The walking meeting: opportunities for better health and sustainability in post-COVID-19 cities

A Bornioli - Cities & health, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic has revolutionised the way we experience the city, and working
from home has become the norm for millions of workers. In parallel, the pandemic has …

Working from home, work/life conflict and mental wellbeing in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic

M Nordenmark, S Vinberg - Work, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many employees away from their
offices into their homes. During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, in early spring …

[HTML][HTML] A data-driven agent-based model of occupants' thermal comfort behaviors for the planning of district-scale flexible work arrangements

M Mosteiro-Romero, M Quintana, R Stouffs… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In a global context of increasing flexibility in the way workplaces and the districts in which
they are located are used, there is a need for occupant-driven approaches to plan urban …