DO BUILDING-RELATED COMPLAINTS REFLECT EXPECTATIONS?

摘要

Expectations confound the interaction between environment and human perception. Assuming expectations have an important impact on well-being and behaviour, identifying predictors of expectations might be a needful task concerning prevention. Thus, data of 4,596 office workers investigated in phase I of the ProKlimA project have been analysed by multiple logistic regression to find associations between expectations and potential impact variables. Women, subjects working in buildings with air conditioning and employees identified as SBS cases are characterised by consistently higher expectations towards indoor humidity, temperature, air velocity and ventilation quality. Adjusted odds ratios (OR) for 'SBS cases' range between 1.61 and 2.52. The risk of having higher expectations ranges between 1.45 and 1.93 for office workers in spaces with air conditioning compared to naturally ventilated rooms. With OR from 1.45 to 1.78, women report higher expectations than men. Building design and facility management should consider related expectations.