Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Office Buildings’ Indoor Environmental Quality from the Perspectives of Architects and Non-architects (Case Study: Iran)

2021 ◽  
pp. 102782
Author(s):  
By Ashkan Rahanjam ◽  
Marjan Ilbeigi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Post Occupancy Evaluation

scholarly journals The impact of IEQ on occupants’ satisfaction in Malaysian buildings

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 715-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syahrul Nizam Kamaruzzaman ◽  
Charles O. Egbu ◽  
Norhayati Mahyuddin ◽  
Emma Marinie Ahmad Zawawi ◽  
Shirley Jin Lin Chua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Comfort Level ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Aesthetic Perception ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Post Occupancy Evaluation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Occupant Satisfaction

This paper focuses on the importance of occupant satisfaction with indoor environmental quality in buildings as well as the effect of indoor environmental quality towards occupants’ satisfaction. This research applied post-occupancy evaluation as a method to indicate the building occupants’ needs, their satisfaction and comfort level. The research is based on a case study approach whereby a questionnaire survey was conducted among 25 organizations involved in managing office buildings. A total of 115 questionnaires were returned for evaluation of occupants’ overall satisfaction from aspects of indoor environmental quality in these buildings and to determine the occupants’ satisfaction level within these buildings. The findings revealed that indoor environment factors that could contribute to occupants’ satisfaction consists of lighting, air quality and aesthetic perception. These classifications were made based on the factor analysis done with 22 attributes of the indoor environment. The majority of occupants are satisfied with their health conditions and do not face any serious health problems. However, occupants highlighted that some environmental conditions, health effects, air movement, ventilation and air freshness are important criteria for their satisfaction and comfort. This study provides insights into how occupants perceive their indoor environment and comfort, and identify problems that could arise in buildings.

130. Indoor Environmental Quality in Six Commercial Office Buildings in the Midwest United States

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Reynolds ◽  
P. Subramanian ◽  
G. Breuer ◽  
M. Stein ◽  
D. Black ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Midwest United States

Indoor Environmental Quality Survey: A Brief Comparison between Different Post Occupancy Evaluation Methods

2013 ◽  
Vol 864-867 ◽  
pp. 1148-1152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Galatioto ◽  
Giuliana Leone ◽  
Daniele Milone ◽  
Salvatore Pitruzzella ◽  
Vincenzo Franzitta
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Objective Method ◽  
Post Occupancy Evaluation ◽  
Subjective Judgments ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Indoor Conditions

Building occupants are important factor in giving information on indoor conditions such as comfort, productivity, building performance and occupants ́ health. Even that, being their appraisal mainly based on subjective judgments, it is difficult to set up a standard and objective method for this purpose. The present work aimed to describe, analyze and compare the most common tests on this topic, in order to highlight critical, failings and strengths.

ASSESSMENT OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OCCURRENCE OF SICK BUILDING SYNDROME IN SMALL OFFICES IN PENANG, MALAYSIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ang Qiu Mei ◽  
Md Azree Othuman Mydin
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Sick Building Syndrome ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
Comfort Level ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Sick Building ◽  
The Difference

This study was done to investigate the relationship between indoor environmental quality and prevalence of Sick Building Syndrome in six small offices inPenangIsland. Indoor environmental quality measurement was conducted according to relevant standards. There are totally Sixty workers were selected to participate in an electronic questionnaire survey. Questionnaire was used to record the comfort level of respondents in the case studies and level of sick building syndrome faced by respondents. Through indoor environmental quality measurement, it is found that most of the offices facing the lighting and noise problem. The result from the questionnaire shows that in overall, the occupants satisfy with their working environment in term of indoor environmental quality although the result also shows the opinions of occupants on dissatisfaction on certain indoor environmental parameter according to case study. The study also found that most of the occupants feel drowsy and fatigue when they work within the offices. Besides, due to the difference of the indoor environmental quality of the buildings, the occupants are suffered from different symptoms of the sick building syndrome.

The impact of workspace location and indoor environmental quality on employees' satisfaction within office buildings: A case study in Cairo

2020 ◽  
pp. 1420326X2094456
Author(s):  
Ahmed Khaled Aboulfotouh ◽  
Osama Tolba ◽  
Sherif Ezzeldin
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Leed Certification ◽  
Perceived Satisfaction ◽  
Employees Satisfaction ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
The Impact

Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) could influences employees' satisfaction and performance in office buildings. Previous research have suggested that factors such as gender, age, proximity from a window could influence employees' perceived satisfaction with IEQ. This study as a part of an ongoing research attempts to investigate the impact of workspace location on employees' satisfaction with IEQ parameters and overall satisfaction with personal workspace within office buildings in Cairo. Employees' subjective evaluation of satisfaction with IEQ parameters were collected using a questionnaire as a post occupancy evaluation survey. Responses were collected and quantitatively analysed using software package used for statistical analysis (SPSS). Diversity in levels of satisfaction among employees within the same building was found highly sensitive to their workspace location. Building orientation and external views could influence employees' satisfaction with IEQ parameters and overall satisfaction with personal workspace. Employees with highest perceived satisfaction with IEQ parameters and overall satisfaction with personal workspace seem to prefer their workspaces to be located on the ground floor, away from a window, either in the middle of the building or on the southern façade and not overlooking the courtyard. The study recommends that Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification criteria should reconsider employees' satisfaction with IEQ parameters in developing IEQ credits and LEED certification process.

scholarly journals Establishment of Key Performance Indicators for Green Building Operations Monitoring—An Application to China Case Study

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinqiu Li ◽  
Qingqin Wang ◽  
Hao Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Key Performance Indicators ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Evaluation Standards

Released green building evaluation standards for operation stage include a huge number of indicators, which are very comprehensive and systematic. However, the indicators of these standards are very complicated and a large amount of time and manpower are consumed for their evaluation. To evaluate the operational performance of green buildings more practically and efficiently, some studies collect the operational data for part of the indicators (mainly focusing on building energy performance, indoor environmental quality or occupant satisfaction), which are too rough to evaluate the performance of green building. This paper proposed a total of 27 key performance indicators (KPIs) for green building operations monitoring. The number of proposed indicators is much fewer than the evaluation standards, as well as suitable for long-term monitoring, which can dramatically reduce evaluation time and cost. On the other hand, the indicators involving Outdoor environmental quality, Indoor environmental quality, HVAC system, P&D system, Renewable energy system, Total resource consumption and User behavior, which are more comprehensive and systematic than the conventional monitoring studies for operational performance of green building. Firstly, an indicators library for operations monitoring of green building was established based on relevant standards and literature review in this field. Secondly, “SMART” principle and Delphi method were adopted to select the key performance indicators for green building operations monitoring. Different background experts regarding green building industry were chosen to screen the most relevant, accessible and measurable indicators. Subsequently, two projects in China were selected for case study of key performance indicators proposed in this paper for green building operations monitoring to validate the feasibility and advancement.

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