Indicators to evaluate the performance of office users in warm temperate climate
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https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.83476Keywords:
Work performance, office, indoor environmental, comfortAbstract
The objective of this work is to find optimal performance ranges for users of open-closed typology offices affected by environmental variables, and assess them through a numerical indicator. For this, fieldwork is carried out in situ, based on measurements of environmental variables such as operative temperature, CO2 level, illumination level and noise level, and user surveys during three periods of the year, in 160 offices of type open-closed, in a reference building in a warm temperate climate. The results allow us to know the preferred ranges of variability and the assessment of work performance for each study variable.
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