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Indoor and Built Environment is a fully peer reviewed journal that publishes research on any topic pertaining to the quality of the indoor and built environment, and how these might affect the health, performance, efficiency and comfort of persons living or working there. Topics range from urban infrastructure, design of buildings, and materials used to laboratory studies including building airflow simulations and health effects. View full journal description

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Will the restorative benefits of residential communities’ public spaces be affected by seasonal changes in severely cold regions?: A case study in Harbin, China

  • Cunyan Jiang
  • Chenxi Peng
  • Yiwen Sun
  • Lei Zhu
  • Biao Li
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Performance of symmetric wall radiation combined with attached jet-flow composite cooling system

  • Zhaoyi Zhuang
  • Xuebin Yang
  • Wei Shao
  • Jian Pang
  • Chenxiang Tan
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Insights of airborne transmission within urban rail transit carriage environments after the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Yu Liu
  • Zhijun Huang
  • Xinmei Luo
  • Hongqiang Ma
  • Zhiping Li
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Metabolic rate and modifications to the thermal comfort model for pregnant women at a hospital in Xi’an, China

  • Luyang Lin
  • Lijuan Wang
  • Hui Zhang
  • Ji Yang
  • Mingming Zhai
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Rethinking the measurement of energy poverty in Europe: A critical analysis of indicators and data

  • Harriet Thomson
  • Stefan Bouzarovski
  • Carolyn Snell
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Mindful design for well-being: Exploring neuroarchitecture in the built environment

  • Rengin Aslanoğlu
  • Jan K. Kazak
  • Joost van Hoof
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Examining thermal comfort levels and ASHRAE Standard-55 applicability: A case study of free-running classrooms in Abuja, Nigeria

  • Tajudeen Dele Mustapha
  • Ahmad Sanusi Hassan
  • Fatemeh Khozaei
  • Hilary Omatule Onubi
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A review on indoor environmental quality in sports facilities: Indoor air quality and ventilation during a pandemic

  • Dadi Zhang
  • Marco A Ortiz
  • Philomena M Bluyssen
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Sick building syndrome and its impacts on health, well-being and productivity: A systematic literature review

  • Iasmin Lourenço Niza
  • Midhiã Pequena de Souza
  • Inaiele Mendes da Luz
  • Evandro Eduardo Broday
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Domestic overheating risks and mitigation strategies: The state-of-the-art and directions for future research

  • Mousa Alrasheed
  • Monjur Mourshed
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Unravelling the microplastic contamination: A comprehensive analysis of microplastics in indoor house dust

  • Mansoor Ahmad Bhat
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Monitoring summertime indoor overheating and pollutant risks and natural ventilation patterns of seniors in public housing

  • Ioanna Tsoulou
  • Ruikang He
  • Jennifer Senick
  • Gediminas Mainelis
  • Clinton J Andrews
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