Architects' Perceptions of LEED Indoor Environmental Quality Checklist Items on Employee Productivity

Hepner, Christina M.; Boser, Richard A.

doi:10.1080/15578770600907156

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“…62 Also from architect perspectives, they ranked daylight, controllability of systems and thermal comfort as the top items that could enhance staff productivity. 63…”

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Study of indoor environmental quality and occupant overall comfort and productivity in LEED- and non-LEED–certified healthcare settings

Xuan

2016

Indoor and Built Environment

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The study combined quantitative and qualitative approaches, in terms of both staff perception and facility manager perspective, to evaluate the effectiveness of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of LEED–certified facilities and relationship between IEQ and occupant comfort and productivity in healthcare settings in the USA climate zones 2 and 3. A multiple-methods approach combining a questionnaire survey and semi-structured interview was tested for effective post-occupancy evaluation. The study compared one non-LEED healthcare facility with five LEED certified healthcare buildings and examined which variable(s) had significant relationship with comfort and productivity by surveying 249 occupants and interviewing six facility managers in six healthcare settings. The results showed that five LEED–certified healthcare settings were superior to one non-LEED facility in most of building performance factors. Building design, temperature comfort, image presented to visitors, use of space, control over noise and ability to meet occupants’ needs were significant predictors for overall comfort. Lighting overall, temperature comfort and image presented to visitors had a significant positive relationship with perceived productivity. Only one non-LEED hospital was selected and some buildings had small response rate, the results should be interpreted with caution.

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“…62 Also from architect perspectives, they ranked daylight, controllability of systems and thermal comfort as the top items that could enhance staff productivity. 63…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Study of indoor environmental quality and occupant overall comfort and productivity in LEED- and non-LEED–certified healthcare settings

Xuan

2016

Indoor and Built Environment

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“…Thermal environment, air quality and lighting are the key IEQ measures that differentiate a buildings' productivity while availability of daylight and views enhances the' health and wellbeing of occupants. Some studies used questionnaire surveys to assess perceived productivity using an ordinal scale [24]. For example, Miller et al administered a questionnaire among tenants using green buildings in the United States and identified the perceived benefits as follows: more effective client meetings, easier recruitment of employees, higher employee morale, and lower employee turnover [25].…”

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Indoor environment quality of green buildings: Case study of an LEED platinum certified factory in a warm humid tropical climate

Ravindu¹,

Rameezdeen

Zuo

et al. 2015

Building and Environment

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“…More so, the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) rates visual comfort as critical credit for health and wellbeing [13]. Furthermore, the Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) requires daylight in 75% of the space to ensure indoor environmental quality [14].…”

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Daylighting Performance Assessment of Side-Lit University Lecture Theatres in the Hot-Humid Climate of Makurdi in Nigeria

Ayoosu*,

Lim,

Leng

2020

IJRTE

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Daylighting is required to enhance visual comfort; whereas its illumination provides renewable functional interior lighting for specific programmes. Hence, this study examines the levels of daylight illumination for teaching and learning in two lecture theatres each located at the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (UAM) and Benue State University Makurdi (BSU) in Makurdi, Nigeria. The two buildings selected for the daylighting performance employed post-occupancy evaluation approach. A digital camera was employed to take photographs, whereas digital light meters were employed to evaluate the levels of illumination on the work plane. The results showed that 80% of the study space has inadequate indoor daylight illumination quantity and distribution as well as poor daylight ratios of 1.1and 0.9 for UAM lecture theatre and BSU lecture theatre, respectively Hence, the lighting conditions in the selected buildings fall short of the international lighting benchmarks (IESNA). Therefore, a pragmatic daylight design strategy is required to enhance daylight levels in the lecture theatres for energy-saving and visual comfort as well as onwards design and fusion in the national building code.

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Architects' Perceptions of LEED Indoor Environmental Quality Checklist Items on Employee Productivity

Cited by 8 publications

References 8 publications

Study of indoor environmental quality and occupant overall comfort and productivity in LEED- and non-LEED–certified healthcare settings

Study of indoor environmental quality and occupant overall comfort and productivity in LEED- and non-LEED–certified healthcare settings

Indoor environment quality of green buildings: Case study of an LEED platinum certified factory in a warm humid tropical climate

Daylighting Performance Assessment of Side-Lit University Lecture Theatres in the Hot-Humid Climate of Makurdi in Nigeria

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