Quality criteria for multi-domain studies in the indoor environment: Critical review towards research guidelines and recommendations

Giorgia Chinazzo; Rune Korsholm Andersen; Elie Azar; Verena M. Barthelmes; Cristina Becchio; Lorenzo Belussi; Christiane Berger; Salvatore Carlucci; Stefano Paolo Corgnati; Sarah Crosby; Ludovico Danza; Luiza de Castro; Matteo Favero; Stephanie Gauthier; Runa T. Hellwig; Quan Jin; Joyce Kim; Mandana Sarey Khanie; Dolaana Khovalyg; Carola Lingua; Alessandra Luna-Navarro; Ardeshir Mahdavi; Clayton Miller; Isabel Mino-Rodriguez; Ilaria Pigliautile; Anna Laura Pisello; Ricardo Forgiarini Rupp; Abdul Manan Sadick; Francesco Salamone; Marcel Schweiker; Marc Syndicus; Giorgia Spigliantini; Natalia Giraldo Vasquez; Donna Vakalis; Marika Vellei; Shen Wei

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109719

Quality criteria for multi-domain studies in the indoor environment: Critical review towards research guidelines and recommendations

Giorgia Chinazzo^*, Rune Korsholm Andersen, Elie Azar, Verena M. Barthelmes, Cristina Becchio, Lorenzo Belussi, Christiane Berger, Salvatore Carlucci, Stefano Paolo Corgnati, Sarah Crosby, Ludovico Danza, Luiza de Castro, Matteo Favero, Stephanie Gauthier, Runa T. Hellwig, Quan Jin, Joyce Kim, Mandana Sarey Khanie, Dolaana Khovalyg, Carola LinguaAlessandra Luna-Navarro, Ardeshir Mahdavi, Clayton Miller, Isabel Mino-Rodriguez, Ilaria Pigliautile, Anna Laura Pisello, Ricardo Forgiarini Rupp, Abdul Manan Sadick, Francesco Salamone, Marcel Schweiker, Marc Syndicus, Giorgia Spigliantini, Natalia Giraldo Vasquez, Donna Vakalis, Marika Vellei, Shen Wei

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	109719
Journal	Building and Environment
Volume	226
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109719
State	Published - Dec 2022

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Stephanie Gauthier would like to thank the support of UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council under Grant EP/T023074/1. Ilaria Pigliautile acknowledgements go to the PON project “Red-To-Green” financed by the Italian Ministry of Research (D.M. 1062 PON Ricerca e Innovazione). RunaT. Hellwig was supported by the Obelske Familiefond. Marcel Schweiker is funded by a research grant (21055) by VILLUM FONDEN. Rune Korsholm Andersen acknowledges funding by the Danish EUDP programme, project: 64018‐0558. This work was conducted within the framework of IEA-EBC Annex 79 “Occupant-Centric Building Design and Operation” (https://annex79.iea-ebc.org/). Matteo Favero would like to thank the Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (FME ZEN, Grant no. 257660) and the Research Council of Norway (Norges Forskingsrådet) for their support. Stephanie Gauthier would like to thank the support of UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council under Grant EP/T023074/1. RunaT. Hellwig was supported by the Obelske Familiefond. Ilaria Pigliautile acknowledgements go to the PON project “Red-To-Green” financed by the Italian Ministry of Research (D.M. 1062 PON Ricerca e Innovazione). Anna Laura Pisello's acknowledgements go to the PRIN 2017 (Prot. 20172FSCH4) project entitled “Towards the NEXT generation of multiphysics and multidomain environmental COMfort models: theory elaboration and validation experiment”. Isabel Mino-Rodriguez is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), promotional reference 03EN1002A and 03EN1002B. Marcel Schweiker is funded by a research grant (21055) by VILLUM FONDEN. Rune Korsholm Andersen acknowledges funding by the Danish EUDP programme, project: 64018‐0558. Matteo Favero would like to thank the Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (FME ZEN, Grant no. 257660) and the Research Council of Norway (Norges Forskingsrådet) for their support. Isabel Mino-Rodriguez is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), promotional reference 03EN1002A and 03EN1002B.

Keywords

Combined effects
Cross-modal effects
Human comfort
IEQ
Research quality assurance
Transparent reporting

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Environmental Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering
Geography, Planning and Development
Building and Construction

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Chinazzo, G., Andersen, R. K., Azar, E., Barthelmes, V. M., Becchio, C., Belussi, L., Berger, C., Carlucci, S., Corgnati, S. P., Crosby, S., Danza, L., de Castro, L., Favero, M., Gauthier, S., Hellwig, R. T., Jin, Q., Kim, J., Sarey Khanie, M., Khovalyg, D., ... Wei, S. (2022). Quality criteria for multi-domain studies in the indoor environment: Critical review towards research guidelines and recommendations. Building and Environment, 226, Article 109719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109719

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