Office layout affecting privacy, interaction, and acoustic quality in LEED-certified buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1594-1600

  Lee, Young S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Interaction; LEED; Office type; Privacy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC QUALITY; JOB PERFORMANCE; NOISE LEVELS; OFFICE LAYOUTS; OFFICE SPACE; OPEN-PLAN OFFICES; SHARED OFFICES; WORKER SATISFACTION;

ACOUSTICS; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; BUILDING; CERTIFICATION; ETHICS; NOISE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77649183345     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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