It is well-acknowledged that indoor environmental quality (IEQ) affects different aspects of occupants' lives, such as satisfaction, performance, and well-being. This acknowledgement is a result of extensive studies investigating IEQ interaction with occupants within different spaces, such as offices, commercial buildings, and homes. What is still missing are two aspects that IEQ studies should consider: (a) the post-COVID-19 era and the resulting anti-measures (COVID measures) and (b) the interaction of IEQ with occupants in academic libraries. This study aims to analyze the effects of COVID measures on the relationship between IEQ and occupants' satisfaction (learning performance), as well as their visiting habits at one of the largest academic libraries in Asia. To this end, two scenarios are developed to compare the effects of IEQ on occupants with and without COVID measures. This paper aims to address how COVID measures will shape the relationship between the IEQ of an academic library and its users’ satisfaction and visiting habits. This relationship is investigated using structural equation modeling based on 509 face-to-face surveys completed over the course of 4 months. Results suggest that COVID measures will produce a significant relationship between IEQ and satisfaction; however, higher satisfaction is reported when COVID measures are not applied. Both models show no significant relationship between IEQ and visiting habits. The proposed model will help in defining construction guidelines for libraries and educational buildings that promote IEQ conditions in the post-COVID era.

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评估新冠疫情后教育建筑内室内环境质量与居住者之间的相互作用：结构方程建模方法

众所周知，室内环境质量（IEQ）影响居住者生活的不同方面，例如满意度、表现和幸福感。这一认可是对 IEQ 与不同空间（如办公室、商业建筑和住宅）内居住者的相互作用进行广泛研究的结果。仍然缺少的是 IEQ 研究应考虑的两个方面：(a) 后 COVID-19 时代和由此产生的反措施（COVID 措施）和 (b) IEQ 与学术图书馆占用者的互动。本研究旨在分析新冠疫情措施对 IEQ 与使用者满意度（学习表现）之间关系的影响，以及他们对亚洲最大的学术图书馆之一的访问习惯的影响。为此，我们开发了两种情景来比较 IEQ 对采取和不采取新冠措施的居住者的影响。本文旨在探讨新冠疫情措施如何塑造学术图书馆的 IEQ 与其用户满意度和访问习惯之间的关系。这种关系是根据 4 个月内完成的 509 项面对面调查使用结构方程模型进行调查的。结果表明，新冠疫情措施将在 IEQ 和满意度之间产生显着关系；然而，当不采取新冠疫情措施时，满意度会更高。两个模型都显示 IEQ 和访问习惯之间没有显着关系。拟议的模型将有助于确定图书馆和教育建筑的施工指南，以促进后疫情时代的 IEQ 条件。