Text mining for occupant perspectives on the physical workplace

Building Research and Information

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-182

  Moezzi, Mithra ^a   Goins, John ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

building performance; indoor environmental quality; occupant adaptation; occupant perceptions; text analysis; workplace satisfaction

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PERFORMANCE; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; OCCUPANT ADAPTATION; OCCUPANT PERCEPTIONS; TEXT ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE SATISFACTION;

GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 79953113461     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2011.556008     Document Type: Article

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