Abstract
This paper examines occupants’ satisfaction of three BREEAM excellent certified buildings at Coventry University in the UK. Occupants’ satisfaction is evaluated against passive and active sustainable approaches used in these buildings to improve Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ). This paper adopts a quantitative approach by running a seven-point rating scale questionnaire to obtain occupants’ overall satisfaction score in each building. A total of 180 occupants were surveyed to investigate occupants’ satisfaction of the thermal environment, indoor air quality, visual and acoustic environment during summer and winter. The results show that average satisfaction scores are towards the more acceptable part of the scale in BREEAM Excellent certified buildings. The sustainable approaches towards these buildings and applied passive and active techniques improve occupants’ satisfaction of Indoor Environmental Quality. It should be highlighted that Coventry University has improved its sustainability approaches towards its buildings over time, with newer buildings showing a higher level of satisfaction.
Publication Date
2020-01-01
Publication Title
Proceedings of the International Conference of Architectural Science Association
Volume
2020-November
Publisher
Architectural Science Association
ISBN
9780992383572
ISSN
2209-3850
Embargo Period
2024-11-19
First Page
815
Last Page
824
Recommended Citation
Montazami, A., Korsavi, S., & Howell, G. (2020) 'Occupants’ satisfaction in BREEAM excellent certified buildings', Proceedings of the International Conference of Architectural Science Association, 2020-November, pp. 815-824. Architectural Science Association: Retrieved from https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/ada-research/452
