Are green buildings more satisfactory and comfortable?

Gou, Zhonghua; Prasad, Deo; Lau, Ssy

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.12.007

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“…The online questionnaire was adapted from the following surveys: CBE (The Center for Built Environment) Occupant IEQ Survey [33] and Building Use Studies (BUS) Occupant Survey [34,35]. The questionnaire was prepared in English and was distributed to the occupants via email; the response of each occupant was monitored online through the online platform Google Forms.…”

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An Investigation of Thermal Comfort and Adaptive Behaviors in Naturally Ventilated Residential Buildings in Tropical Climates: A Pilot Study

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Abstract:This article presents a pilot study of thermal comfort and adaptive behaviors of occupants who live in naturally ventilated dormitories at the campus of the National University of Singapore. A longitudinal survey and field measurement were conducted to measure thermal comfort, adaptive behaviors and indoor environment qualities. This study revealed that occupants living in naturally ventilated buildings in tropics were exposed to higher operative temperatures than what American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) comfort standards recommend for naturally conditioned spaces. However, they still felt that such conditions were acceptable. Two behavioral adjustments were found to have profound impacts on occupants' acceptance of the imposed heat stresses: (1) increasing the indoor air velocity by turning on mechanical fans and opening the door/windows for cross ventilation, and (2) reducing clothing insulation by changing clothes and dressing in fewer clothes. Higher indoor air velocities were also associated with greater satisfaction with indoor air quality. The future study should develop a statistical model to correlate adaptive behaviors with temperature variations for tropical climates.

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An Investigation of Thermal Comfort and Adaptive Behaviors in Naturally Ventilated Residential Buildings in Tropical Climates: A Pilot Study

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“…Table 4 suggests no obvious pattern of major differences in the measured parameters that might explain this, especially as in the stepwise regressions such differences are already (partially) controlled for. It has been proposed that occupants of green buildings will be more tolerant of building conditions, perhaps due to an attitudinal bias towards sustainability (Gou, Prasad, & Lau, 2013;Leaman & Bordass, 2007;Liang et al, 2014). The GreenPOE survey contained items related to environmental attitudes (Dunlap, Van Liere, Mertig, & Emmet-Jones, 2000), but the derived New Environmental Paradigm scale (higher values indicating greater environmental concern) did not differ between the GreenPOE sub-samples in green and conventional buildings (means: green (N=35) 3.39, conventional (N=27) 3.67; t=1.75, n.s.).…”

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Effects of office environment on employee satisfaction: a new analysis

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Access and use of this website and the material on it are subject to the Terms and Conditions set forth at Effects of office environment on employee satisfaction: a new analysis Leder, Solange; Newsham, Guy R.; Veitch, Jennifer A.; Mancini, Sandra; Charles, Kate E.http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/jsp/nparc_cp.jsp?lang=fr L'accès à ce site Web et l'utilisation de son contenu sont assujettis aux conditions présentées dans le site LISEZ CES CONDITIONS ATTENTIVEMENT AVANT D'UTILISER CE SITE WEB. NRC Publications Record / Notice d'Archives des publications de CNRC:http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/ctrl?action=rtdoc&an=21275744&lang=en http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/ctrl?action=rtdoc&an=21275744&lang=fr READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE.http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/jsp/nparc_cp.jsp?lang=en Vous avez des questions? Nous pouvons vous aider. Pour communiquer directement avec un auteur, consultez la première page de la revue dans laquelle son article a été publié afin de trouver ses coordonnées. Si vous n'arrivez pas à les repérer, communiquez avec nous à PublicationsArchive-ArchivesPublications@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca. Questions?Contact the NRC Publications Archive team at PublicationsArchive-ArchivesPublications@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca. If you wish to email the authors directly, please see the first page of the publication for their contact information. NRC Publications Archive Archives des publications du CNRCThis publication could be one of several versions: author's original, accepted manuscript or the publisher's version. / La version de cette publication peut être l'une des suivantes : la version prépublication de l'auteur, la version acceptée du manuscrit ou la version de l'éditeur. For the publisher's version, please access the DOI link below./ Pour consulter la version de l'éditeur, utilisez le lien DOI ci-dessous.

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“…The green-certified buildings employed a set of strategies that could improve occupants' satisfaction both physically and psychologically [17][18][19]. Among green building strategies, natural ventilation is usually prioritized as an effective strategy for reducing energy cost and enhancing indoor environmental quality [20].…”

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“…According to the correlation analysis, all the indicators are strongly and positively correlated with each other (Table 6). Therefore, the three indices are summarized based on grouped standard scores (Z-scores) after standardizing from the individual variables of each item [18]. The Z-scores reveal the divergence between an individual score and the mean value (i.e., a positive score represents the data above the group mean while a negative score refers to the data below the group mean) [43].…”

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Human Factors in Green Office Building Design: The Impact of Workplace Green Features on Health Perceptions in High-Rise High-Density Asian Cities

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Abstract:There is a growing concern about human factors in green building, which is imperative in high-rise high-density urban environments. This paper describes our attempts to explore the influence of workplace green features (such as green certification, ventilation mode, and building morphology) on health perceptions (personal sensation, sensorial assumptions, healing performance) based on a survey in Hong Kong and Singapore. The results validated the relationship between green features and health perceptions in the workplace environment. Remarkably, participants from the air-conditioned offices revealed significant higher concerns about health issues than those participants from the mixed-ventilated offices. The mixed-ventilation design performs as a bridge to connect the indoor environment and outdoor space, which enables people to have contact with nature. Additionally, the preferred building morphology of the workplace is the pattern of a building complex instead of a single building. The complex form integrates the configuration of courtyards, podium gardens, green terrace, public plaza, and other types of open spaces with the building clusters, which contributes to better health perceptions. This research contributes to the rationalization and optimization of passive climate-adaptive design strategies for green buildings in high-density tropical or subtropical cities.

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Are green buildings more satisfactory and comfortable?

Cited by 136 publications

References 14 publications

An Investigation of Thermal Comfort and Adaptive Behaviors in Naturally Ventilated Residential Buildings in Tropical Climates: A Pilot Study

An Investigation of Thermal Comfort and Adaptive Behaviors in Naturally Ventilated Residential Buildings in Tropical Climates: A Pilot Study

Effects of office environment on employee satisfaction: a new analysis

Human Factors in Green Office Building Design: The Impact of Workplace Green Features on Health Perceptions in High-Rise High-Density Asian Cities

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