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Critical indoor environmental factors affecting productivity: perspectives from university staff and postgraduate students 影响生产力的关键室内环境因素:来自大学员工和研究生的观点

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Building Research and Information Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2023.2204413

Fengxuan Liu, A. Chang-Richards, Kevin I-Kai Wang, K. Dirks

{"title":"Critical indoor environmental factors affecting productivity: perspectives from university staff and postgraduate students","authors":"Fengxuan Liu, A. Chang-Richards, Kevin I-Kai Wang, K. Dirks","doi":"10.1080/09613218.2023.2204413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2023.2204413","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of buildings plays an important role in affecting building occupants’ comfort, health and well-being. However, there is limited understanding of the critical IEQ factors that affect occupants’ work productivity in university office buildings. By surveying 204 people (72 university staff members and 132 postgraduate students) in a tertiary education institution in New Zealand, this research aimed to identify and rank the critical IEQ factors concerning their perceived productivity and how the perceived importance of these factors differed between staff and student cohorts. Statistical analysis identified a total of 16 IEQ factors as important in affecting work productivity, and 15 of them, except cleanliness of the office, could be grouped into four categories: (1) thermal comfort and lighting; (2) acoustics and privacy comfort; (3) spatial comfort and (4) aesthetics and views. Based on the identified critical IEQ factors, a framework was developed and can be used by building facility managers and designers in the tertiary education sector to optimize design solutions to improve building performance that is more conducive to their occupants. The findings from this research can inform the inclusion of design features that will enable staff and students using these buildings to achieve better productivity.","PeriodicalId":55316,"journal":{"name":"Building Research and Information","volume":"51 1","pages":"730 - 745"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44397287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Upscaling bio-based construction: challenges and opportunities 升级生物基建筑:挑战与机遇

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Building Research and Information Pub Date : 2023-04-30 DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2023.2204414

B. Dams, D. Maskell, A. Shea, S. Allen, V. Cascione, P. Walker

{"title":"Upscaling bio-based construction: challenges and opportunities","authors":"B. Dams, D. Maskell, A. Shea, S. Allen, V. Cascione, P. Walker","doi":"10.1080/09613218.2023.2204414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2023.2204414","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Construction projects using emerging bio-based materials have been realized over the past ten to fifteen years within Europe. Bio-based buildings utilize properties of natural materials to regulate internal environments, particularly fluctuations in temperature and relative humidity. Despite individual exemplar projects demonstrating functional performance and long-term operational cost savings, there hasn’t been a proliferation of commercial or domestic bio-based projects. With a growing shift towards circular economy construction, bio-based buildings could be readily adopted to meet this development. This study evaluates barriers faced by bio-based materials, making the upscaling of production and a breakthrough into mainstream construction challenging. Evaluation was achieved through senior professionals with experience in bio-based construction participating in semi-structured interviews based on core categories of finance, knowledge, and policy. Challenges include the upscaling of production by manufacturers of emerging materials, inconsistencies in life cycle assessment, material certification and accreditation, vested interests in the construction industry, and concerns regarding initial costs, availability, and knowledge of products. Potential solutions for upscaling bio-based construction are identified and include increased case studies, positive legislation, regional economic regeneration, the wellness agenda, long-term economic sustainability, and engagement with established construction companies. This insight has informed the procurement process, material evaluation, and adoption of policy.","PeriodicalId":55316,"journal":{"name":"Building Research and Information","volume":"51 1","pages":"764 - 782"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45005942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Reasonable kitchen space for urban residences: based on an investigation in Beijing 城市住宅合理的厨房空间——基于北京的调查

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Building Research and Information Pub Date : 2023-04-25 DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2023.2187749

Shanshan Li, Mengjiao Liu

{"title":"Reasonable kitchen space for urban residences: based on an investigation in Beijing","authors":"Shanshan Li, Mengjiao Liu","doi":"10.1080/09613218.2023.2187749","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2023.2187749","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Undersized space in kitchens remains a widespread and enduring problem in urban residences in China. However, no consensus exists on the area a satisfactory kitchen should take up and the causes of an undersized kitchen are still not sufficiently understood. This study examined reasonable spatial indices for kitchen design from the perspective of user satisfaction, based on 80 kitchens selected from multi-family residences in Beijing, People’s Republic of China. Data were collected using on-site measurement and face-to-face questionnaires, including spatial features, household structure, cooking habits, possession of appliances and residents’ binary judgement about the kitchen area. Factors associated with residents’ kitchen area perception were explored using correlation analysis, while the reasonable design indices were proposed by scatter diagram analysis. This study confirmed the influence of floor space and width of the kitchen and recommends 5.11–6.10 m2 and 1.71–2.00 m as a reasonable scope for the respective dimensions. It also demonstrates that the area requirement increased in families with higher cooking frequency and decreased in youthful households and suggests that the accommodation of the refrigerator and large appliances should be considered in kitchen area allocation.","PeriodicalId":55316,"journal":{"name":"Building Research and Information","volume":"51 1","pages":"881 - 896"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46784272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Store layout design and consumer response: a behavioural and EEG study 商店布局设计与消费者反应:行为与脑电图研究

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Building Research and Information Pub Date : 2023-04-20 DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2023.2201415

S. Kalantari, Jesus G. Cruz-Garza, Tong Xu, A. Mostafavi, Elita Gao

{"title":"Store layout design and consumer response: a behavioural and EEG study","authors":"S. Kalantari, Jesus G. Cruz-Garza, Tong Xu, A. Mostafavi, Elita Gao","doi":"10.1080/09613218.2023.2201415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2023.2201415","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A novel approach was used to evaluate the impact of retail store layouts on consumer responses, by triangulating subjective feedback, behavioural data and electroencephalogram (EEG) data in the context of a virtual environment. Participants (n = 45) were assigned to one of three store layout conditions. While there were no significant differences in participants subjective/conscious evaluations of the layout complexity, they demonstrated reduced product-recall scores, and greater cognitive workload in visual/spatial-processing brain regions, in store environments with more complex layouts. This study explores the correlation between perceived visual complexity and perceived store attractiveness and examines how pleasure and processing fluency mediate this relationship. The results demonstrate a strong association between these factors, with processing fluency playing a more significant role in mediating the effect (78%) compared to pleasure (22%). Overall, this study provides valuable insights into the psychological factors that influence consumer perceptions of store environments. The findings demonstrate the value of an EEG/VR-based approach in studying human behaviour during the building design process for identifying neural mechanisms and responses that self-reported feedback may obscure. The result of this study has implications for building designers and retailers, suggesting that simpler store layouts might be more effective in terms of product recall and reduced cognitive workload.","PeriodicalId":55316,"journal":{"name":"Building Research and Information","volume":"51 1","pages":"897 - 914"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46187415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Managing crises ‘together’: how can the built environment contribute to social resilience? “共同”管理危机：建筑环境如何有助于提高社会韧性？

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Building Research and Information Pub Date : 2023-04-14 DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2023.2191922

A. Rashidfarokhi, V. Danivska

{"title":"Managing crises ‘together’: how can the built environment contribute to social resilience?","authors":"A. Rashidfarokhi, V. Danivska","doi":"10.1080/09613218.2023.2191922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2023.2191922","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The world is undergoing multiple crises that require resilience to withstand them. The built environment can significantly enhance or weaken society’s (and individuals’) resilience. However, understanding of resilience in the built environment is scattered and manifold – whilst the design of buildings primarily focuses on the restoration of buildings’ physical characteristics, urban policies centre on the recovery of society. Scholars highlight the need for a holistic approach where different resilience concepts merge to improve the resilience of people and communities. For this, understanding the relationship between people and places is crucial. Thus, the aim of this paper is to deepen the understanding of the social resilience concept in relation to the built environment and how the built environment can enhance it. This is achieved through an extensive literature review, concept mapping and panel discussion. The built environment characteristics affecting individual and/or community resilience are identified, and a conceptual model is provided, attempting to visualize the relationship between the constructs. The paper’s novelty lies in its multidisciplinary approach and integration of various social science knowledge in the context of the built environment. Furthermore, it emphasizes the built environment’s role in supporting social resilience, which has been often overlooked previously.","PeriodicalId":55316,"journal":{"name":"Building Research and Information","volume":"51 1","pages":"747 - 763"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45357328","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Synchronization of water-energy consumption in residential and non-residential buildings during COVID-19 新冠肺炎期间住宅和非住宅建筑的水能源消耗同步

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Building Research and Information Pub Date : 2023-04-11 DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2023.2191923

Senhong Cai, Z. Gou

{"title":"Synchronization of water-energy consumption in residential and non-residential buildings during COVID-19","authors":"Senhong Cai, Z. Gou","doi":"10.1080/09613218.2023.2191923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2023.2191923","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT COVID-19 has made working from home (WFH) a widely prevalent mode of work, resulting in highly complex changes of energy and water consumption in buildings. To understand these changes, this study applies the concept of water-energy nexus (WEN) in the analysis of energy and water data in residential and non-residential buildings in Ontario, Canada, before and during the pandemic. The study found the overall energy and water consumption of buildings exhibited a decreasing trend, with the most significant change found in water consumption. Energy and water consumption increased in residential buildings but decreased in non-residential buildings; the changes in energy and water consumption were synchronized over the WFH period. This study also elucidated that changes were related to the demographic and job attributes. When dealing with the peak load of residential consumption with a high consumption benchmark, due consideration should be given to the stronger synchronization of the two types of resources to improve the resilience of residences to cope with the uncertainty of unexpected large-scale public health crisis. Applying WEN to building resource consumption during WFH for the first time, the findings shed light on the need to enhance integrated water and energy management.","PeriodicalId":55316,"journal":{"name":"Building Research and Information","volume":"51 1","pages":"682 - 700"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47497336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Formation mechanism for collaborative behaviour among stakeholders in megaprojects based on the theory of planned behaviour 基于计划行为理论的大型项目利益相关者合作行为形成机制

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Building Research and Information Pub Date : 2023-03-22 DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2023.2188444

Kai Liu, Yuming Liu, Y. Kou, Xiaoxu Yang, Guangzhong Hu

{"title":"Formation mechanism for collaborative behaviour among stakeholders in megaprojects based on the theory of planned behaviour","authors":"Kai Liu, Yuming Liu, Y. Kou, Xiaoxu Yang, Guangzhong Hu","doi":"10.1080/09613218.2023.2188444","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2023.2188444","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In megaprojects, the collaboration of all stakeholders reflects effective relationship management and is a key to project success. This research explores how collaborative behaviour among stakeholders in megaprojects is formed from a social-psychological perspective to improve the quality of collaboration. Based on the theoretical model of planned behaviour, this study established a conceptual framework for the formation mechanism for collaborative behaviour through a comprehensive literature review. The hypotheses of the model were statistically validated by using data collected from questionnaires of 235 respondents within the Chinese construction industry. The results showed that benefit perception attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control had a positive contribution to the collaborative intention and collaborative behaviour among stakeholders in megaprojects. Risk perception attitudes have a hindering effect on collaborative intention. Megaproject culture moderates the relationship between psychosocial factors and collaborative intention, thereby affecting stakeholders’ choice of collaborative behaviour. Collaborative intention plays a partially or completely mediating role between psychosocial factors and collaborative behaviour. The findings provide theoretical and practical implications for increasing the collaborative intentions of stakeholders and facilitating their selection of positive collaborative behaviours in megaprojects.","PeriodicalId":55316,"journal":{"name":"Building Research and Information","volume":"51 1","pages":"667 - 681"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49163352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Investigating adoption of high prefabrication level technologies for enterprises: an integrated model 调查企业采用高预制水平技术的情况：一个综合模型

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Building Research and Information Pub Date : 2023-03-22 DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2023.2187748

Jin Cai, Zhongfu Li, Y. Dou, Tianxin Li

{"title":"Investigating adoption of high prefabrication level technologies for enterprises: an integrated model","authors":"Jin Cai, Zhongfu Li, Y. Dou, Tianxin Li","doi":"10.1080/09613218.2023.2187748","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2023.2187748","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Prefabricated construction (PC) contributes to the sustainability of the construction sector, with higher levels of prefabrication providing better performance in theory. However, enterprises have great expectations for the performance of high prefabrication level technologies (HPLTs) but poor adoption behaviours in practice. To address this issue, this study explored the mechanisms of HPLTs adoption from the enterprise perspective, by complementing an integrated model that combines expectations and the fit between tasks and technologies, based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology and the task-technology fit theory. The significance of paths affecting the adoption behaviour toward HPLTs was identified by the partial least squares structural equation modelling. The results show that adoption intention and task-technology fit are excellent predictors of adoption behaviour toward HPLTs. Social influence, facilitating conditions, task-technology fit, effort expectancy and task characteristics positively affect adoption intention, while performance expectancy is not found to influence adoption intention. The mediating effect analysis indicates that social influence currently has the largest indirect effect on adoption behaviour, followed by facilitating conditions and task-technology fit. The findings contribute to building a bridge between the expectations and adoption behaviours of HPLTs, and provide guidance for the effective promotion of HPLTs.","PeriodicalId":55316,"journal":{"name":"Building Research and Information","volume":"51 1","pages":"648 - 666"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47298426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Physical environmental factors that affect users’ willingness to visit neighbourhood centres in China 影响中国用户访问社区中心意愿的物理环境因素

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Building Research and Information Pub Date : 2023-03-17 DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2023.2185583

Zhehan Zhang, Kai Fang, Suihan Zhang, Wenda Zhang, Xinpeng Wang, N. Furuya

{"title":"Physical environmental factors that affect users’ willingness to visit neighbourhood centres in China","authors":"Zhehan Zhang, Kai Fang, Suihan Zhang, Wenda Zhang, Xinpeng Wang, N. Furuya","doi":"10.1080/09613218.2023.2185583","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2023.2185583","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The physical environment is crucial for creating an attractive and sustainable neighbourhood centre. Previous research has explored various aspects of the physical environments of community public spaces; however, few studies have focused on neighbourhood centres in China or elucidated how to prioritize those factors to affect willingness to visit. A questionnaire survey was used to capture which potential physical environmental factors most affect residents’ perceived willingness to visit a neighbourhood centre. Three hundred fifty-six valid survey answers were collected online from residents of Zhejiang Province, China. The results highlight key physical environmental factors and their relative priorities; safety factors are the most valued by residents, whereas green spaces, number and quietness (which have been discussed in previous studies) are considered generally unimportant. The key factors were classified into three groups: spatial quality, accessibility and spatial capacity. The results presented herein provide new insights from residents about neighbourhood centres. The research developed a comprehensive framework for assessing the physical environment of a neighbourhood centre based on key factor prioritization and grouping characteristics that can guide designers and decision makers in assessing and enhancing neighbourhood centres in communities with limited resources.","PeriodicalId":55316,"journal":{"name":"Building Research and Information","volume":"51 1","pages":"568 - 587"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48647043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Airborne infection risk in classrooms based on environment and occupant behavior measurement under COVID-19 epidemic 新冠肺炎疫情下基于环境和占用者行为测量的教室空气传播感染风险

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Building Research and Information Pub Date : 2023-03-12 DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2023.2185584

Lai Wei, Gang Liu, W. Liu, Weifeng Li, Ye Yuan

{"title":"Airborne infection risk in classrooms based on environment and occupant behavior measurement under COVID-19 epidemic","authors":"Lai Wei, Gang Liu, W. Liu, Weifeng Li, Ye Yuan","doi":"10.1080/09613218.2023.2185584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2023.2185584","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The changes of indoor environment and occupant behavior (OB) are two main causes for the gap between predicted and actual airborne infection risk. To improve the accuracy of COVID-19 airborne infection risk assessment, the environment (CO2 concentration) and OBs (occupant area per person (OA) and activity level (AL)) in three typical classrooms of a primary school in Tianjin, China was selected to conduct the on-site measurement. Based on the measured data, a modified Wells-Riley model was proposed to predict the infection risk, and a risk-controlled ventilation strategy was developed to calculate the ventilation demand. Results indicated that classrooms in the breaking time (B-T) showed a lower indoor CO2 concentration (C in), larger OA, and higher AL than in the teaching time (T-T). The variation tendency of the calculated infection risk increment in T-T was consistent with C in while in B-T was significantly affected by OA and AL, and the maximum fluctuation extent in B-T was two times of that in T-T. Moreover, to avoid the risk spreading in classrooms, a feasible solution of dynamic ventilation control based on the real-time infection risk was proposed, thus facilitating to provide a healthy and sustainable environment for students in classrooms.","PeriodicalId":55316,"journal":{"name":"Building Research and Information","volume":"51 1","pages":"701 - 716"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44981205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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