Satisfaction and perception of residents towards bioclimatic design strategies: Residential college buildings. Issue 7 (November 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jamaludin, Adi Ainurzaman; Keumala, Nila; Ariffin, Ati Rosemary Mohd; Hussein, Hazreena
• Is Part Of: Indoor + built environment. Volume 23:Issue 7(2014)
• Page Start: 933
• Page End: 945
• Publication Date: 2014-11
• Subjects: Bioclimatic design -- Likert scale -- Post-occupancy evaluation -- Predicted mean vote -- Tropical climate; Indoor air pollution -- Periodicals; Sick building syndrome -- Periodicals; Buildings -- Environmental engineering -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; 613.5
• DOI: 10.1177/1420326X13481614
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1420-326X

Abstract

Successful implementation of bioclimatic design strategies not only reduces energy use, but more importantly increases the resident's satisfaction. A post-occupancy evaluation, a form of survey method, was used in assessing the satisfaction and perception of residents in two residential colleges, at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. Both Case Study A (CS-A) and Case Study B (CS-B) represent the uppermost and moderate implementation of bioclimatic design strategies. The results showed that 414 questionnaires were retrieved fully filled by occupants at CS-A while 155 respondents from CS-B returned their questionnaire. The questionnaire was based on a 5-point Likert scale. Respondents were asked to rate the levels of satisfaction and perception with various aspects of the building, including the immediate environment. A detailed survey on thermal comfort had also been done by adopting the predicted mean vote index. As initial findings, the implementations of bioclimatic design strategies at the selected residential colleges were able to provide comfort for the residents.