It has come to the attention of the publisher that the article Khalid A., Dahlan N.D.B., Shahidan M.F., Abas M.F.B., Ahmad K.A.B. (2026), “An exploratory study of office building evaluation for the standard compliance and wind catcher preference during winter in subtropics”. Facilities, Vol. 44 No. 3-4 pp. 261-281, doi: Link to An exploratory study of office building evaluation for the standard compliance and wind catcher preference during winter in subtropicsLink to the cited article, features citation and referencing inaccuracies. Specifically, one reference could not be verified and seven had errors in the metadata.
The following reference will therefore be removed from the reference list, together with all associated material citing it in the article:
Dormohamadi, M., Tahbaz, M. and Velashjerdi Farahani, A. (2023), “Performance evaluation of a single-side windcatcher in the transitional seasons (case study: Khousf town, Southern Khorasan Province, Iran)”, International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, Vol. 43 No. 3. DOI: Link to Performance evaluation of a single-side windcatcher in the transitional seasons (case study: Khousf town, Southern Khorasan Province, Iran)Link to the cited article.
Material removed: “hot arid (Dormohamadi et al., 2023)” and “Dormohamadi et al., 2023” in Figure 1.
The metadata in the following references has also been corrected:
Elmualim, A. and Awbi, H.B. (2003a), “Post-occupancy monitoring of windcatchers for summer ventilation in the UK”, in Wai, K.T., Sekhar, C. and Cheong, D. (Eds), Healthy Building Conference, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Vol. 2, pp. 302-307. Correct DOI: Link to Post-occupancy monitoring of windcatchers for summer ventilation in the UKLink to the cited article.
Elmualim, A., Elmualim, A.A. and Awbi, H.B. (2004), “Evaluating a control strategy for a hybrid air-conditioning and windcatcher ventilation system”, Proceedings of the CIB (International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction) 2004 World Building Congress, Toronto, Canada, Paper 83. Link to be added: Link to Evaluating a control strategy for a hybrid air-conditioning and windcatcher ventilation systemLink to the cited article.
Health Effects Institute (2019), State of Global Air 2019: A Special Report on Global Exposure to Air Pollution and Its Disease Burden, Special Report, Boston, MA Identifier to be added: 2578-6873.
Humphreys (1994), “An adaptive approach to the thermal comfort of office workers in North West Pakistan”, Renewable Energy, Vol. 5 Nos 5-8, pp. 985-992. DOI to be added: Link to An adaptive approach to the thermal comfort of office workers in North West PakistanLink to the cited article.
Qayyum, S., Tariq, S. and Younas, F. (2020), “Sick building syndrome and job performance in women factory workers”, Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute, Vol. 34 No. 1, pp. 22-28. URL to be added: Link to Sick building syndrome and job performance in women factory workersLink to the cited article.
Shin, S., A Issa, R.R., Rinker, M. and Professor, H. (2025), “3D Simulation-Based Pre-Occupancy Evaluation”. DOI to be added: Link to 3D Simulation-Based Pre-Occupancy EvaluationLink to the cited article.
Tavakolinia, F. (2011), “Wind-Chimney: Integrating the Principles of a Wind-Catcher and a Solar-Chimney to Provide Natural Ventilation, Master’s Theses and Project Reports”, MS Architecture Thesis, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA. DOI to be added: Link to Wind-Chimney: Integrating the Principles of a Wind-Catcher and a Solar-Chimney to Provide Natural Ventilation, Master’s Theses and Project ReportsLink to the cited article.
The journal’s editorial team has assessed these corrections and concluded that the removal of the Dormohamadi et al. (2023) reference and associated material, together with the reference metadata corrections, does not affect the findings, theoretical contributions or conclusions of the article. The authors sincerely apologise for these errors.
