Quality criteria for multi-domain studies in the indoor environment: Critical review towards research guidelines and recommendations
Review article, 2022
The perception, physiology, behavior, and performance of building occupants are influenced by multi-domain exposures: the simultaneous presence of multiple environmental stimuli, i.e., visual, thermal, acoustic, and air quality. Despite being extensive, the literature on multi-domain exposures presents heterogeneous methodological approaches and inconsistent study reporting, which hinder direct comparison between studies and meta-analyses. Therefore, in addition to carrying out more multi-domain studies, such investigations need to be designed, conducted, and documented in a systematic and transparent way. With the goal to facilitate and support future multi-domain studies and their meta-analyses, this work provides (1) a range of criteria for multi-domain study design and reporting (i.e., defined as quality criteria), and (2) a critical review of the multi-domain literature based on the described criteria, which can serve as guidelines and recommendations for future studies on the topic. The identified quality criteria encompass study set-up, study deployment and analysis, and study outcome, stressing the importance of adopting a consistent terminology and result reporting style. The developed critical review highlights several shortcomings in the design, deployment, and documentation of multi-domain studies, emphasizing the need for quality improvements of future multi-domain research. The ultimate goal of this work is to consolidate our knowledge on multi-domain exposures for its integration into regulatory resources and guidelines, which are currently dominated by single-domain knowledge.
Research quality assurance
Human comfort
Combined effects
IEQ
Transparent reporting
Cross-modal effects
Author
Giorgia Chinazzo
Northwestern University
Rune Korsholm Andersen
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Elie Azar
Carleton University
Khalifa University
Verena Barthelmes
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
Cristina Becchio
Polytechnic University of Turin
Lorenzo Belussi
Consiglo Nazionale Delle Richerche
Christiane Berger
Aalborg University
Salvatore Carlucci
Cyprus Institute
Stefano Paolo Corgnati
Polytechnic University of Turin
Sarah Crosby
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Ludovico Danza
Consiglo Nazionale Delle Richerche
Luiza de Castro
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Matteo Favero
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Stephanie Gauthier
University of Southampton
Runa T. Hellwig
Aalborg University
Quan Jin
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Technology
Joyce Kim
University of Waterloo
Mandana Sarey Khanie
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Dolaana Khovalyg
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
Carola Lingua
Polytechnic University of Turin
Alessandra Luna-Navarro
Delft University of Technology
Ardeshir Mahdavi
Vienna University of Technology
Clayton Miller
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Isabel Mino-Rodriguez
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Ilaria Pigliautile
University of Perugia
Anna Laura Pisello
University of Perugia
Princeton University
Ricardo Forgiarini Rupp
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Abdul Manan Sadick
Deakin University
Francesco Salamone
Consiglo Nazionale Delle Richerche
Marcel Schweiker
RWTH Aachen University
Marc Syndicus
RWTH Aachen University
Giorgia Spigliantini
Polytechnic University of Turin
Rina Consulting S.p.A.
Natalia Giraldo Vasquez
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Donna Vakalis
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Marika Vellei
La Rochelle University
Shen Wei
University College London (UCL)
Building and Environment
0360-1323 (ISSN)
109719Subject Categories
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics
Software Engineering
Human Computer Interaction
DOI
10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109719