Do ‘green’ buildings have better indoor environments? New evidence

Newsham, Guy R.; Birt, Benjamin J.; Arsenault, Chantal; Thompson, Alexandra; Veitch, Jennifer A.; Mancini, Sandra; Galasiu, Anca D.; Gover, Bradford N.; Macdonald, Iain; Burns, Gregory J.

doi:10.1080/09613218.2013.789951

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“…Newsham et al [7] found that while green buildings generally outperformed conventional buildings in regards to IEQ from the occupants' perspective, there can still be issues with unsatisfactory acoustics and indoor air quality. Other studies also have pointed to dissatisfaction in green buildings with lighting [3,14,15], acoustics [3,9,16], thermal comfort [8,9], and air quality [3,17].…”

Section: Green Buildings and Occupantsmentioning

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Re-evaluation of a LEED Platinum Building: Occupant experiences of health and comfort

Dorsey

Hedge

2017

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Abstract. BACKGROUND:There is a need to better understand the perceived experiences of workers in green buildings as the literature to this point has been mixed. OBJECTIVES: To re-evaluate occupant experiences within a LEED platinum building and investigate current experiences in general. METHODS: An online post occupancy evaluation (POE) survey of 62 occupants of LEED Platinum building on a US college campus is reported. The online survey addressed indoor environmental quality in relation to health, productivity and satisfaction. RESULTS: Of the respondents, 38.7% had participated in a prior POE of this building in 2011 and results were compared for this subgroup, as well as for overall results. There was a significant increase in satisfaction with office workstations and air freshness as compared to 3 years earlier. However, there was also a significant increase in reported frequency of all physical symptoms. When looking just at the current POE results, control over features of the workstation had a significant relationship with most outcomes of interest. CONCLUSION: While improvements have been noted, issues continue to exist that have implications for health, productivity and satisfaction. The results of this study have implications for the ergonomic design of workstations and indoor environmental quality within LEED buildings.

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Section: Green Buildings and Occupantsmentioning

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“…Numerous studies have investigated the occupant experience within green buildings. While there have been many identified benefits to working in green buildings, there have also been persistent issues that need to be addressed [5,[7][8][9].…”

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Re-evaluation of a LEED Platinum Building: Occupant experiences of health and comfort

Dorsey

Hedge

2017

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“…Metrics for interior surfaces include sound transmission class (STC), which quantifies a surface's ability to block sound from being transmitted, and noise reduction coefficient (NRC), which defines the fraction of sound that is absorbed upon hitting it. Speech intelligibility index is a measure of how clearly one occupant can hear others and has been used in numerous postoccupancy evaluations of buildings (Hodgson, 2008;Newsham et al, 2013). Ambient noise level, measured in decibels (dB), indicates the magnitude of background noise in a space.…”

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“…score high for all categories of occupant satisfaction except for acoustic quality and privacy (Abbaszadeh et al, 2006;Newsham et al, 2013). Acoustic comfort is directly linked to health and productivity (Crook and Langdon, 1974;Leaman and Bordass, 2000;Veitch, 1990).…”

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Comfort considerations in Net ZEBs: theory and design

Carlucci

Pagliano

O’Brien

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Modeling, Design, and Optimization of Net‐Zero Energy Buildings

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“…Its effects on project cost performance was mainly not of IEQ but energy and atmosphere prerequisites. Newsham et al (2013) 61 supported that green buildings will produce higher ratings of occupant environmental satisfaction will have temperatures closer to thermally neutral and will have lighting conditions closer to recommended practice and provide more access to daylight satisfying the occupants. Chokor et al (2015) 62 examined occupant satisfaction and revealed significant results exhibiting higher occupant satisfaction in terms of thermal comfort, lighting level and acoustic quality.…”

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Assessment of LEED Green Building Certificate Indoor Environmental Quality Parameters from the Perspective of Occupant Satisfaction and Cost Performance

Işık¹

2016

Megaron

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Zeynep IŞIKBu çalışma, LEED yeşil bina sertifikalı bina projelerinde "İç Ortam Kalitesi" parametrelerinin farklı paydaşların bakış açıları ile "kullanıcı memnuniyeti" ve "proje maliyet performansı" gibi anahtar performans göstergeleri bakımından karşılaştırmalı bir analizini sunmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, "İç Ortam Kaliesi"nin, "kullanıcı menuniyeti"ni belirleyen ısı konforu, gün ışığı, akustik kontrol vb. unsurlar ÖZThis paper presents a comparative analysis of different stakeholders' view of LEED certified building projects' Indoor Environmetal Quality (IEQ) parameters from the perspective of such key performance indicators (KPIs) as "occupant satisfaction" and "project cost performance". Within this context, a comprehensive literature review respresenting the studies on Indoor Environmental Quality with a relationship to occupant satisfaction in terms of thermal comfort, daylighting, acoustic control and project cost premium and investment performances etc. was conducted and an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) model was constructed indicating the effects of IEQ parameters on Occupant Satisfaction and Project Cost Performance. The ratings of the effects of the parameters were collected by a brainstorming workshop with the participation of different stakelholders of sustainable design such as researchers, practitioners and LEED consultants. The data were analysed conducting AHP analysis which is a multi crtieria decision method. The analysis results revelaed that thermal comfort, interior lighting, daylight, acoustic performance and environmental tobacco smoke control parameters had the highest rankings among occupant satisfaction whereas low emitting materials, daylight, thermal comfort and acoustic performance were the ones for project cost performance.

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Do ‘green’ buildings have better indoor environments? New evidence

Cited by 149 publications

References 29 publications

Re-evaluation of a LEED Platinum Building: Occupant experiences of health and comfort

Re-evaluation of a LEED Platinum Building: Occupant experiences of health and comfort

Comfort considerations in Net ZEBs: theory and design

Assessment of LEED Green Building Certificate Indoor Environmental Quality Parameters from the Perspective of Occupant Satisfaction and Cost Performance

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