Are Building Occupants Satisfied with Indoor Environmental Quality of Higher Education Facilities?

Asmar, Mounir El; Chokor, Abbas; Srour, Issam

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.06.093

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“…The impact of IEQ on students' performances leads a number of schools and universities to focus on the assessment of IEQ [13]. Unfortunately, over the last years, a number of studies showed the poor IEQ in schools worldwide [34; 35; 1; 36] and even in developed countries.…”

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“…A study on 39 Swedish schools revealed that 77 % of the sample did not meet the regulation limits [37; 38]. A study was conducted on two university campuses in two different countries (USA and Lebanon) on IEQ [13] by means of a questionnaire survey. The results presented by the author showed that both campuses were out of ASHRAE comfort range (80 % satisfaction) regarding thermal comfort.…”

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“…In tertiary buildings, a number of studies showed the benefits of ensuring IEQ to improve workers' productivity [10; 11; 12]. El Asmar [13] pointed out the economic impact that IEQ can have "Since the cost of employees in doing business is substantially higher than the cost of energy, workplace designers need to provide workers with environment as comfortable and productive as possible through improved IAQ and thermal comfort." In educational buildings, if one considers the IEQ effect on health and performances of occupants, the costs of a good IEQ seem lower than the achieved IEQ [6].…”

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Energy and comfort assessment in educational building: Case study in a French university campus

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The existing stock of institutional buildings constructed before current thermal regulation codes is known to be high-energy consuming. To make energy savings, retrofitting solutions have to deal with important transformations of those buildings (e.g. envelope, energy systems) and with better-suited management solutions. Such technical solutions quite often neglect occupants' comfort. The present work aims to develop and implement an energy audit protocol to tackle simultaneously the questions of thermal comfort and energy efficiency for higher education buildings. Our transverse approach allowed us to achieve a complementary view of the building under examination, including its operating conditions. At any rate, capturing the full complexity of a building-system (building energy devices, management strategies, and occupancy and behaviours impacts) requires a broad perspective and points to the limits of key-in-hand audits and solutions.

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“…Several studies have been made over the years aimed at analyzing both the interaction between the energy performances and the indoor quality of buildings [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ] and providing objective methods to allow the parallel growth of these components [ 6 , 7 ]. A literature review highlights the necessity to continuously monitor and improve the indoor conditions and energy performance of buildings [ 8 ].…”

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Design and Development of nEMoS, an All-in-One, Low-Cost, Web-Connected and 3D-Printed Device for Environmental Analysis

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The Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) refers to the quality of the environment in relation to the health and well-being of the occupants. It is a holistic concept, which considers several categories, each related to a specific environmental parameter. This article describes a low-cost and open-source hardware architecture able to detect the indoor variables necessary for the IEQ calculation as an alternative to the traditional hardware used for this purpose. The system consists of some sensors and an Arduino board. One of the key strengths of Arduino is the possibility it affords of loading the script into the board’s memory and letting it run without interfacing with computers, thus granting complete independence, portability and accuracy. Recent works have demonstrated that the cost of scientific equipment can be reduced by applying open-source principles to their design using a combination of the Arduino platform and a 3D printer. The evolution of the 3D printer has provided a new means of open design capable of accelerating self-directed development. The proposed nano Environmental Monitoring System (nEMoS) instrument is shown to have good reliability and it provides the foundation for a more critical approach to the use of professional sensors as well as for conceiving new scenarios and potential applications.

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“…This lack of appraisal brings about repetition of design mistakes and even when some reassessments are done; it is usually done in a non-systematic manner. The absence of regularized feedback from performance to planning and construction phases becomes ever more relevant under the current conditions which include (Meir, 2008as cited in Meir et al, 2009: (1) continuous rise in the consumption of energy, both per capita and in absolute terms; (2) the realization that fossil fuels are being depleted and that their use has adverse environmental, health, social, political and security implications; and (3) people spending 80-90 per cent of their lives in buildings, which means that the indoor conditions should have positive imprint on well-being, health and productivity (El Asmar et al, 2014;Jurado et al, 2014;Marchetti et al, 2015;Radwan, 2014;Rovelli et al, 2014;Thornes et al, 2016;Tofful and Perrino, 2015). POE offers a sustainable building performance tool to create a balance for the increasingly stringent environmental constraints and occupant comfort and satisfaction in buildings.…”

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Exploring Post Occupancy Evaluation as a Sustainable Tool for Assessing Building Performance in Developing Countries

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Ukpong

2019

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In recent years, the concept of post occupancy evaluation (POE) of building performance has attracted much attention globally, because of its benefits in enhancing future design decisions. However, developing countries give little or no concern to the practice of improving design outcomes using POEs. In Nigeria, buildings are rarely evaluated once they are handed over to the clients. This study explored the use of POE as a sustainable tool to evaluate building performance in developing countries with a case study of the Nigerian context. Using a systematic literature review, existing and current conceptual body of knowledge in peer-reviewed journals, electronic databases (Science Direct and Google Scholar), conference proceedings, and published articles were appraised; with specific focus to key issues of POE, such as; its definition, evolution, phases, levels, dimensions, application as a sustainable tool for building performance, and benefits. The study revealed that building occupants are a valuable source of information on building performance and POE serves the needs of the building users, and it is critical that the building should be evaluated from time to time to ensure that it is serving its intended purposes. Researchers also suggested that POE methods should be simple and building typology specific. It is suggested that POEs will be a vital tool in establishing best practices and lessons learned in delivering building performance evaluation in developing countries. Hence, the Education of professionals about the process of POE and the methods used, the education of clients by raising their awareness about the benefits of POE in sustaining building performance are suggested strategies for implementing POE in Nigeria and developing countries.

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Are Building Occupants Satisfied with Indoor Environmental Quality of Higher Education Facilities?

Cited by 33 publications

References 10 publications

Energy and comfort assessment in educational building: Case study in a French university campus

Energy and comfort assessment in educational building: Case study in a French university campus

Design and Development of nEMoS, an All-in-One, Low-Cost, Web-Connected and 3D-Printed Device for Environmental Analysis

Exploring Post Occupancy Evaluation as a Sustainable Tool for Assessing Building Performance in Developing Countries

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