Satisfaction with indoor environmental quality in BREEAM and non-BREEAM certified office buildings

Altomonte, Sergio; Saadouni, Sara; Kent, Michael; Schiavon, Stefano

doi:10.1080/00038628.2017.1336983

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“…They concluded there was not a significant difference in the assessments of occupant satisfaction with IEQ in buildings with and without LEED certification. The same conclusion was also reported in their subsequent study conducted by Altomonte et al in the UK based on the BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) certification. No significant difference was also reported by Menadue et al with respect to measured and subjectively rated thermal environment when four green and four conventional buildings were compared in Australia.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…This is similar to that reported by Liang et al in Taiwan that occupants in green buildings expressed statistically higher satisfaction with overall IEQ. On the other hand, Altomonte and Schiavon and Altomonte et al reported differently that green buildings had equal or even less satisfaction with the building overall and with the workspace than conventional counterparts.…”

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confidence: 96%

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Indoor environmental quality, occupant satisfaction, and acute building‐related health symptoms in Green Mark‐certified compared with non‐certified office buildings

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Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) has become an important component of green building certification schemes. While green buildings are expected to provide enhanced IEQ, higher occupant satisfaction, and less risks of occupant health when compared with non‐green buildings, the literature suggests inconsistent evidence due to diverse research design, small sample size, and weak statistical analysis. This study compared several outcomes pertinent to IEQ performance in green and non‐green office buildings in Singapore. Adopting a cross‐sectional study design, objective measurements were taken in eight green and six non‐green buildings, and satisfaction and acute health symptom risks of 367 occupants were obtained. Green buildings exhibited lower concentration of PM2.5, bacteria, and fungi and maintained temperature and humidity more consistently compared to non‐green counterparts. The mean ratings for satisfaction with temperature, humidity, lighting level, air quality, and indoor environment were higher in green buildings (with statistical significance P < 0.05). There was statistically significant reduction in risk of occupants having headache, unusual fatigue, and irritated skin in green buildings. Although matching of buildings and occupant characteristics, survey participation bias, and sampling duration (a 1‐week snapshot) of IEQ monitoring remain as limitations, this study offered positive association of green buildings with qualitatively and quantitatively measured performance of IEQ.

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Indoor environmental quality, occupant satisfaction, and acute building‐related health symptoms in Green Mark‐certified compared with non‐certified office buildings

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“…The expectations in a green building are more elevated as there are energy and water saving requirements, improved indoor environmental quality and compliance for environmentally conscious material selection and waste reduction. However, several authors pointed out green buildings did not meet the energy and water savings performances in the operational phases [5][6][7][8], nor on indoor environmental quality in actually promoting the building end-users' well-being [9,10]. Furthermore, the green building rating systems had a slight impact on tackling construction waste management as a result of weak appraisal measures [11].…”

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Managerial Practitioners’ Perspectives on Quality Performance of Green-Building Projects

Raouf

Al-Ghamdi

2020

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The quality performance of a green building will have an overarching effect on its objectives because of the high compliance needed to achieve superior performance expectations. Achieving sustainability objectives is challenging and requires the collaboration of diverse professionals that resume unique responsibilities. In this study, the different managerial practitioners involved in green-building projects were investigated in terms of their awareness levels regarding the quality performance measures, their perceived abilities to influence quality failure consequences, the degree to which the cost-of-quality (CoQ) of components can be evaluated, and the effect the sustainability traits have on the quality performance. Accordingly, a survey approach was adopted, and the results were analyzed using Pearson’s chi-squared (χ2) test, the relative importance index (RII), Mann–Whitney U-Test, and Student’s T-test. According to the results, the priorities of the different managerial types and their overall impressions of cost computability were different, which needs to be considered when CoQ evaluations are done based on practitioners’ views. In addition, the sustainability traits of green buildings impact achieving quality metrics with the consequences of design rework occurring in the construction stage may lead to denouncing sustainability traits. The results of this research study reveal the need to consider the differences between managerial types when evaluating CoQ for projects and the increased sensitivity for such evaluation in a green building context. The paper contributes to underscoring the important connection between quality performance and sustainability traits of a green building project and calls for researchers to formulate methods with more rigor to reach a set structure for quality cost accounting as an industry standard. Intricate evaluation methods will enable strategic decision making on quality performance budgets to be more substantiated.

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“…Therefore, the additional cost of maintaining high IEQ levels in workplaces will be paid back in a reasonable period and generates additional monetary returns thereafter. It should be noted that buildings being rated as "sustainable and green" do not truly guaranty their compliance with the desired IEQ level [2][3][4][5]. Therefore, IEQ should be given specific focus while designing new buildings as well as in building retrofit plans.…”

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“…They found that the building was performing low with regard to thermal comfort, ventilation, and ability to control indoor the environment. Altomonte et al [3] studied the occupant satisfaction on IEQ in LEED-and BREEAM-certified office buildings and highlighted the importance of incorporating IEQ in the criteria for sustainable and green building certifications.…”

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Introductory Chapter: Indoor Environmental Quality

Mujeebu¹

2019

Indoor Environmental Quality

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Satisfaction with indoor environmental quality in BREEAM and non-BREEAM certified office buildings

Cited by 54 publications

References 26 publications

Indoor environmental quality, occupant satisfaction, and acute building‐related health symptoms in Green Mark‐certified compared with non‐certified office buildings

Indoor environmental quality, occupant satisfaction, and acute building‐related health symptoms in Green Mark‐certified compared with non‐certified office buildings

Managerial Practitioners’ Perspectives on Quality Performance of Green-Building Projects

Introductory Chapter: Indoor Environmental Quality

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