TY - JOUR AU - Naili, Basma AU - Háber, István Ervin AU - Kistelegdi, István TI - Façade Typology Development in High-Rise Office Building Envelope JF - POLLACK PERIODICA: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES J2 - POLLACK PERIODICA VL - 18 PY - 2023 IS - 2 SP - 151 EP - 156 PG - 6 SN - 1788-1994 DO - 10.1556/606.2022.00699 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34091442 ID - 34091442 N1 - Összes idézések száma a WoS-ban: 0 AB - The design of the envelope in high-rise office buildings is a task of great importance as it can impact the entire building's energy performance. The study presented in this paper is an extension of a previous work reporting on the optimization of the façade and the shading systems of an east-west facing high-rise office building. This study aims to investigate the façade geometry design factors for other potential orientations, e.g., south, south-east, and south-west directions. The IDA ICE 4.8 complex dynamic building energy simulation program was used to assess thermal and lighting simulations. The optimization results revealed the best-performing façade configurations, appropriate for each orientation examined in terms of thermal comfort, visual comfort, and energy consumption. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Borsos, Ágnes AU - Zoltán, Erzsébet Szeréna AU - Cakó, Balázs AU - Medvegy, Gabriella AU - Girán, János TI - A Creative Concept to empower office workers addressing work-related health risks. JF - HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL J2 - HEALTH PROMOT INT VL - 37 PY - 2022 IS - 3 PG - 12 SN - 0957-4824 DO - 10.1093/heapro/daac064 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32925507 ID - 32925507 AB - Among office workers, the sedentary work-related health challenges are mainly associated with the fact that they often sit for up to 10 hr a working day. Members of the Research Group conducted a research program to assist the office workers of an international telecommunication company's affiliate in Budapest to enhance comfort levels in the office work environment. The data collection included a Comfort Survey to reveal employees' sense of comfort related to Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) components and the characteristics of employees' feelings and behavior during working hours. Moreover, a measurement of IEQ components was carried out and focused on air quality, lighting, sound exposure and thermal comfort parameters. Based on the survey's results, a Creative Concept was developed to empower office workers to address work-related health risks, notably sedentary work risks. The Creative Concept consists of five elements: a Comfort Map as an IEQ-related application to select a suitable workplace, redesigning concepts to increase the use of lounges, a newly developed work pad to improve personal hygiene in an office environment, recommendations for creating a health-enabling work environment and a workplace training program to raise health awareness. After validation, our Creative Concept can function as a multi-component workplace health promotion method to offer assistance for a wide variety of offices to create a health-enabling working environment. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Naili, Basma AU - Háber, István Ervin AU - Kistelegdi, István TI - Performance trade-off in high-rise office building envelope design JF - POLLACK PERIODICA: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES J2 - POLLACK PERIODICA VL - 17 PY - 2022 IS - 2 SP - 121 EP - 126 PG - 6 SN - 1788-1994 DO - 10.1556/606.2022.00503 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33597819 ID - 33597819 N1 - Marcel Breuer Doctoral School, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Institute of Architecture, University of Pécs, Boszorkány u. 2, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Institute of Smart Technology and Engineering, University of Pecs, Boszorkány u. 2, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary Department of Building Structures and Energy Design, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Institute of Architecture, University of Pecs, Boszorkány u. 2, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary Energia Design Building Technology Research Group, Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pecs, Ifjúság útja 20, Pécs, H-7624, Hungary Export Date: 27 January 2023; Cited By: 0; Correspondence Address: B. Naili; Marcel Breuer Doctoral School, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Institute of Architecture, University of Pécs, Pécs, Boszorkány u. 2, H-7624, Hungary; email: basma.naili.m@gmail.com LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Naili, Basma AU - Háber, István Ervin AU - Kistelegdi, István TI - Simulation-supported design of high-rise office building envelope JF - POLLACK PERIODICA: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES J2 - POLLACK PERIODICA VL - 17 PY - 2022 IS - 1 SP - 139 EP - 144 PG - 6 SN - 1788-1994 DO - 10.1556/606.2021.00253 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33080030 ID - 33080030 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Borsos, Ágnes AU - Zoltán, Erzsébet Szeréna AU - Pozsgai, Éva AU - Cakó, Balázs AU - Medvegy, Gabriella AU - Girán, János TI - The Comfort Map—A Possible Tool for Increasing Personal Comfort in Office Workplaces JF - BUILDINGS J2 - BUILDINGS-BASEL VL - 11 PY - 2021 IS - 6 PG - 13 SN - 2075-5309 DO - 10.3390/buildings11060233 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32042021 ID - 32042021 AB - Previous studies have shown that indoor environmental quality (IEQ) parameters may have a considerable effect on office employees’ comfort, health and performance. Therefore, we initiated a research program to help occupants identify IEQ parameters they perceive as risk factors for their health in an office and enhance their comfort levels in an office environment. Since we assumed that office employees might have different indoor environmental quality expectations related to their work area and that these differences could be measured, our objective was to develop an office ‘comfort map’ based on occupants’ individual IEQ preferences. Thus, the goal of the comfort map would be to help tailor office spaces to their occupants’ health and comfort expectations. The comfort survey was developed to assess the comfort-related opinions of the occupants, based on IEQ parameters (visual comfort, acoustic comfort, air quality and thermal comfort) of a chosen open-plan office building. The survey also assessed the degree to which the given IEQ parameter was considered a health risk factor by occupants or caused a negative comfort sensation for them. The survey was filled in by 216 occupants. The answers were then analyzed with the help of a frequency table depicting relative frequency. The measurements of IEQ parameters took place in an open-plan office in the chosen office building (a Hungarian subsidiary’s office building belonging to an international company in Budapest). The occupants had different opinions regarding the perceived effects of the IEQ parameters on their health and comfort. Almost two-thirds of the respondents (64.8%) were dissatisfied with the adjustability of the noises and sounds IEQ parameter at their workstation. Furthermore, half of the respondents (50.1%) were dissatisfied with the adjustability of ventilation. Most of the occupants (45.8%) considered noises and sounds as the IEQ parameter that had a negative effect on their health. There were also IEQ differences between different areas of the office space. Based on these results, a comfort map was developed for the office. The comfort map contains information about the IEQ characteristics of each workstation by depicting the thermal comfort, carbon dioxide, visual comfort and acoustic comfort characteristics of a given workstation on a relative scale. Based on the thermal, air, acoustic, and lighting differences between the workstations, occupants can select their preferred workstations when a desk-sharing system works. Although still in its pilot phase, the comfort map could increase the chances for office employees to find the workstation best suited to their IEQ expectations. This could improve occupants’ overall comfort level, which could in turn enhance occupants’ productivity and mental as well as physical health. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Cakó, Balázs AU - Zoltán, Erzsébet Szeréna AU - Girán, János AU - Medvegy, Gabriella AU - Eördöghné Miklós, Mária AU - Nyers, Árpád AU - Grozdics, Anett Tímea AU - Kisander, Zsolt AU - Bagdán, Viktor AU - Borsos, Ágnes TI - An Efficient Method to Compute Thermal Parameters of the Comfort Map Using a Decreased Number of Measurements JF - ENERGIES J2 - ENERGIES VL - 14 PY - 2021 IS - 18 PG - 14 SN - 1996-1073 DO - 10.3390/en14185632 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32184881 ID - 32184881 LA - English DB - MTMT ER -