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Indoor air quality perception

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dc.contributor.authorVeiga, Inês
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Tiago
dc.contributor.authorNaranjo-Zolotov, Mijail
dc.contributor.authorMartins, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorKaratzas, Stylianos
dc.contributor.institutionNOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS)
dc.contributor.institutionInformation Management Research Center (MagIC) - NOVA Information Management School
dc.contributor.pblElsevier
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-30T21:19:31Z
dc.date.available2025-07-30T21:19:31Z
dc.date.issued2025-08
dc.descriptionVeiga, I., Oliveira, T., Naranjo-Zolotov, M., Martins, R., & Karatzas, S. (2025). Indoor air quality perception: Enablers and inhibitors of perceived occupant comfort. Environment International, 202, Article 109690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109690 --- This work was supported by the national funds through FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia), under the project UIDB/04152/2020 (https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/04152/2020) Centro de Investigação em Gestão de Informação (MagIC)/ NOVA IMS. This work has resulted from the TwinAIR project, which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe program under grant agreement No. 101057779.
dc.description.abstractGrowing environmental and public health concerns have increased the need for healthy buildings, with indoor air quality (IAQ) emerging as a priority. While technological advancements in IAQ management have progressed, research often overlooks individual comfort perception and behavioral factors influencing it and disconnects IAQ improvements from behavioral insights. This study explores how personal characteristics, perceived inhibitors, and enablers shape comfort perception in indoor environments managed by Internet of Things-based IAQ management technologies (IAQMTs). Given the EU’s growing emphasis on smart, energy-efficient, and occupant-centered buildings, we examine comfort perceptions across seven European countries to inform user-centered IAQ strategies aligned with policy goals. Grounded in the dual-factor theory, we employed a survey-based approach in the European context and analyzed responses from 2800 individuals using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Our model demonstrated strong explanatory power, accounting for over 65 % of the variance in perceived IAQ and comfort in public environments. Key enablers are intuitiveness, response efficacy, and hedonic motivation, while convenience is not. Information and privacy concerns are not inhibitors. Health consciousness and environmental consciousness are important individual characteristics when it comes to perception. Perceived good IAQ was the strongest predictor of comfort in public spaces. The findings emphasize the importance of intuitive, transparent, and engaging IAQMTs that visibly demonstrate pollutant reduction and comfort enhancement. We recommend that building managers and technology developers incorporate user-centered features, such as clear interfaces, gamification elements, personalized controls, and communication strategies highlighting health and environmental benefits, to foster adoption and improve occupant comfort. Our findings support a human-centered approach, integrating behavioral insights into environmental health science, focusing beyond technical metrics and more on occupant beliefs and perceptions, supporting strategies that align with user needs and EU goals.en
dc.description.versionpublishersversion
dc.description.versionpublished
dc.format.extent12
dc.format.extent1429202
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.envint.2025.109690
dc.identifier.issn0160-4120
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 122290308
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 2a0060dd-9e36-449c-8fcf-a67fc1ab6cbd
dc.identifier.othercrossref: 10.1016/j.envint.2025.109690
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 105011512116
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 001552508300001
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-5153-3315/work/188446114
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-6523-0809/work/188446393
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/185765
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105011512116
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:001552508300001
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.54499/UID/04152/2025
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.54499/UID/PRR/04152/2025
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.3030/101057779
dc.subjectIndoor air quality
dc.subjectComfort
dc.subjectPLS-SEM
dc.subjectDual-factor theory
dc.subjectGeneral Environmental Science
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.subjectSDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
dc.subjectSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.titleIndoor air quality perceptionen
dc.title.subtitleEnablers and inhibitors of perceived occupant comforten
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.titleEnvironment International
degois.publication.volume202
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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