Residents’ Satisfaction of Indoor Environmental Quality in Their Old Apartment Homes

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung Heui Cho ◽  
Tae Kyung Lee ◽  
Jeong Tai Kim
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Objective Evaluation ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Technical Evaluation ◽  
Composition Factors ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The purpose of this study is to determine the characteristics of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of old apartment homes and the residents’ satisfaction with living in these properties. About 168 households were surveyed in this study. The survey was based on the evaluation of deterioration using housing performance indicators and the questionnaire study. First, this study compared and analysed the results of both technical evaluation and residents’ satisfaction on the IEQ of old apartments based on case studies. Second, the study validated the IEQ evaluation of the home environments using multiple regression analyses based on residents’ satisfaction and their perception about the indoor environment. Third, the importance of the indoor environment composition factors contributing to the home environmental quality was assessed based on the survey of residents’ perception and experts’ opinions. Analytic hierarchy process was used to evaluate the housing experts’ opinions. The objective evaluation by technical criteria was also carried out to determine the conditions of the apartment homes. This study should contribute to elaborate evaluation models for the development of guidelines for the home environmental quality of high-rise and high-density old apartment buildings in Korea.

IMPACT OF MONTANE ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boutheyna Touafchia ◽  
Rached-Kanouni Malika ◽  
Kadi Zahia
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Environmental Loads ◽  
Synergistic Interactions ◽  
Average Impact ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Environmental Burdens ◽  
Very High

Environmental burdens are currently a significant determinant ofenvironmental quality. The occurrence of montane environmental burdens affects the environmental quality at the local, regional and supraregional levels, mostly to a negative extent. Environmental pollution, due to montane environmental burdens is accompanied by a reduction in environmental quality in all spheres of anthropogenic existence. It is for this reason that the presented article studies the occurrence of montane environmental burdens and their impact on environmental quality in individual regions of the Slovak Republic. In the analyses Analytic Hierarchy Process a multi-criteria decision-making method based on values of the weights in terms of the principles of the Saaty matrix – a quantification of synergistic interactions of indicators. The study concentrates on selected comparative years 2008, 2012, 2017 and 2021 and includes a matrix of their elimination. The results present a categorization of montane environmental loads in the Slovak Republic into categories of the environmental load (from very low to very high) on the environmental quality. In the summary matrix of a comprehensive assessment of montane environmental loads, negative indicators (55.65%) prevails over positive ones (44.35%) with a total scoring ratio of 0.80, i.e. III. category, the average impact on environmental quality.

scholarly journals A methodology for the determination of indoor environmental quality in residential buildings through the monitoring of fundamental environmental parameters: A proposed Dwelling Environmental Quality Index

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 813-827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Laskari ◽  
Stavroula Karatasou ◽  
Mat Santamouris
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Quality Index ◽  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Residential Buildings ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality

This paper presents the methodology for the calculation of an indoor environmental quality indicator for residential buildings. The ‘Dwelling Environmental Quality Index’ has been developed with the purpose of assisting both households and property managers to identify potential problems with the indoor environment whilst ensuring that indoor environmental quality is not compromised in favour of energy saving. Based on the combined effect of three simple and commonly measured indoor environmental parameters – air temperature, relative humidity and CO2 concentrations; the index reflects in a single value the quality of indoor environmental conditions for the monitored period, in compliance with the European standard EN15251:2007. The application of the Dwelling Environmental Quality Index in single dwellings and in building blocks is demonstrated. The usability of the index as a communication and management tool for individual households and property managers is also demonstrated.

Research on Evaluation System for Comprehensive Quality of College and University Students Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process Model

2014 ◽  
Vol 678 ◽  
pp. 648-652
Author(s):  
Li Ying Wang
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Objective Evaluation ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Research On Evaluation ◽  
College And University ◽  
Hierarchy Process

To evaluate comprehensive of college and university students is a crucial issue that needs to be solved for quality education at present. Multiple factors should be taken into consideration in the process of evaluating students’ comprehensive quality. For example, this university adopts analytic hierarchy process to establish an AHP model for evaluating students’ comprehensive quality based on practical investigation and comprehensive analysis on various factors, through which weight of each factor among 13 factors influencing comprehensive quality of college and university students in overall evaluation is worked out. Consistency check indicates that result achieved through this model can realize objective evaluation on comprehensive quality of college and university students in a more accurate and clear way.

scholarly journals Subjective Product Evaluation System Based on Kansei Engineering and Analytic Hierarchy Process

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaxue Zuo ◽  
Zhenya Wang
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation System ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Subjective Evaluation ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Objective Evaluation ◽  
Product Evaluation ◽  
Kansei Engineering ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Evaluation Indexes ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Product evaluation is very important for product improvement and development, and subjective product evaluation determines customer’s evaluation of products to some extent, so the purpose of this study is to establish a reasonable subjective product evaluation system. In this study, we comprehensively determine the evaluation indexes based on Kansei engineering (KE), establish an overall product evaluation system by using analytic hierarchy process (AHP), and establish the subjective product evaluation system by classifying the evaluation indexes in the overall product evaluation system into “objective evaluation index” and “subjective evaluation index”, removing the objective evaluation indexes, and retaining the subjective evaluation indexes. Additionally, we select some modern chairs as experimental samples to verify the reliability and validity of this subjective product evaluation system by means of questionnaires. The experimental results show that, in this subjective product evaluation system, the subjective evaluation of the product is positively correlated with the “favorite” level of the product in comprehensive evaluation, and negatively correlated with the “least favorite” level of the product in comprehensive evaluation, indicating that this subjective product evaluation system realizes a symmetry between subjective product evaluation and comprehensive product evaluation. Therefore, it can be concluded that this subjective product evaluation system based on KE and AHP proposed in this study has reliability and validity, and can be used for product evaluation to judge the popularity of products and enhance the competitiveness of products.

scholarly journals Determination of Environmental Factors for the Implementation of the Exploitability Index in Industrial Aggregate Mining Using Multi-Criteria Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Julio Manuel de Luis-Ruiz ◽  
Benito Ramiro Salas-Menocal ◽  
Gema Fernández-Maroto ◽  
Rubén Pérez-Álvarez ◽  
Raúl Pereda-García
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Environmental Factor ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Accurate Estimation ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Made In

The quality of human life is linked to the exploitation of mining resources. The Exploitability Index (EI) assesses the actual possibilities to enable a mine according to several factors. The environment is one of the most constraining ones, but its analysis is made in a shallow way. This research is focused on its determination, according to a new preliminary methodology that sets the main components of the environmental impact related to the development of an exploitation of industrial minerals and its weighting according to the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). It is applied to the case of the ophitic outcrops in Cantabria (Spain). Twelve components are proposed and weighted with the AHP and an algorithm that allows for assigning a normalized value for the environmental factor to each deposit. Geographic Information Systems (GISs) are applied, allowing us to map a large number of components of the environmental factors. This provides a much more accurate estimation of the environmental factor, with respect to reality, and improves the traditional methodology in a substantial way. It can be established as a methodology for mining spaces planning, but it is suitable for other contexts, and it raises developing the environmental analysis before selecting the outcrop to be exploited.

scholarly journals An Empirical Investigation into Physician Preferences in Drug Prescription: An Integrated Methodology of AHP and QFD

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Farzana Elahi ◽  
Shamsad Ahmed ◽  
Mahbubul Haque ◽  
Nazreen Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Quality Function Deployment ◽  
Drug Prescription ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Relationship Matrix ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Expert Choice ◽  
Integrated Methodology ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
The Relationship

<p class="Default">In order to sustain in a competitive market like pharmaceutical in Bangladesh, it is important to get an insight into physicians’ preferences in prescribing the drugs. The aim of this work is to investigate and address the physician requirements through an integrated methodology of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Quality Function Deployment (QFD). In this research, an expert panel has been interviewed to recognize the criteria affecting physicians’ decisions. The results from AHP derived through Expert Choice software demonstrate that from the viewpoint of physicians, out of the five criteria, quality of product offering is ranked highest in prescribing the drugs followed by the reputation of the company, relationship enjoyed with the company, etc. As for the technical aspects, derived from the relationship matrix of AHP and QFD, out of the sixteen, brand image is ranked first followed by the quality of raw and packaging materials, skilled production personnel etc. The contribution of this research is expected to enable the managers in the pharmaceutical companies to recognize the factors that influence physicians in prescribing drugs for the patients and help them find out challenging items with preeminent alternatives. Few suggestions for future research are also put forward. <strong></strong></p>

scholarly journals A field survey on the indoor environmental quality of the UK primary school classroom

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 492-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yufan Zhang ◽  
Peter Barrett ◽  
Fay Davies ◽  
Lucinda Barrett
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
School Classroom ◽  
The Uk

A Method of the Comprehensive Evaluation of Surface Integrity in Micro- and Nano-Machining

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guicheng Wang ◽  
Chunyan Zhang ◽  
Hongjie Pei ◽  
Yunming Zhu ◽  
Chungen Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Integrity ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Metal Cutting ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Ultra Precision ◽  
Edge Quality ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The surface quality is always the crucial element of machined quality in precision ultra-precision metal cutting. A new concept that the surface integrity should include the edge quality of parts is put forward In this paper, the weight value of a series of characteristic parameters of surface integrity are calculated with using analytic hierarchy process, three basic methods of evaluating surface integrity are presented, and the comprehensive evaluation system has been formed which will theoretically play a great important role on rapid development in the precision machining.

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