Wellbeing and mental health are important pillars of sustainability, as recognised by the WELL Building Standards. With higher education facing a mental health crisis, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic, all potential solutions must be investigated. Applying WELL to educational spaces could help to improve student and staff wellbeing. However, the constant change in occupancy of teaching spaces within higher education alters how design factors influence wellbeing outcomes as compared to standard office or domestic occupancy. This study collects student and staff responses on their experience of wellbeing in educational spaces, together with indoor environment quality data for validation. It found that whilst the perception of the quality of spaces did not necessarily align with the measured quality, it was the perceived quality that impacted wellbeing.

Practical application

Design for wellbeing is a growing market and a costly investment, it is important therefore that this investment is having the impact anticipated. This research demonstrates the importance of designing a space taking into account user perception rather than focusing solely on space performance, and perceived space quality impacts on occupant wellbeing.

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在教育空间中的幸福感

正如WELL建筑标准所认可的那样，健康和心理健康是可持续发展的重要支柱。随着高等教育面临着因大流行而加剧的精神健康危机，必须研究所有可能的解决方案。将WELL应用于教育空间可以帮助改善学生和员工的健康。但是，与标准办公室或家庭入住相比，高等教育中教学空间的占用率不断变化会改变设计因素对幸福感的影响。这项研究收集了学生和教职员工对他们在教育空间中的幸福感的反应，以及用于验证的室内环境质量数据。研究发现，虽然对空间质量的看法不一定与所测得的质量一致，

实际应用

为健康而设计是一个不断增长的市场和昂贵的投资，因此，这一投资具有预期的影响非常重要。这项研究表明，设计空间时必须考虑到用户的感知，而不是仅仅关注空间性能以及感知的空间质量对乘员的健康的影响，这一点很重要。