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• ND-0075 · 2023 · Systematic review

  HighDirect built environment

  Association between perceived indoor environmental characteristics and occupants' mental well-being, cognitive performance, productivity, satisfaction in workplaces

  Zhang, Du & Chow. Building and Environment

  Indoor climate, space/furniture/privacy and naturalness had the strongest evidence links to wellbeing, productivity and satisfaction; cognitive-performance evidence was less consistent.

• ND-0144 · 2026 · Experimental study

  EmergingDirect built environment

  Olfactory Environmental Quality in Office Environments: A Neuroarchitecture Study of Multimodal Responses to Contrasting Hedonic Ambient Odors

  Mohsen Kafaei, Jane Burry, Mehrnoush Latifi, Joseph Ciorciari, Amirhossein Aminitabar, Nan Gao. Indoor Air, vol. 2026, article 7968077

  Fourteen adults worked in two identical offices that differed only in ambient odor. With jasmine they reported more enjoyment and less annoyance and discomfort, and rated the room as better proportioned (exploratory). EEG, electrodermal, pulse rate variability and task measures showed no robust differences between the odors.