Occupant satisfaction in LEED and non-LEED certified buildings

Building and Environment

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-76

  Altomonte, Sergio ^a   Schiavon, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Indoor environmental quality; Leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED); Occupant satisfaction; Post occupancy evaluation; Rating tools; Survey

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNS; LEED-CERTIFIED BUILDINGS; OCCUPANT RESPONSE; OCCUPANT SATISFACTION; POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION; THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION;

AIR QUALITY; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RATING; SURVEYING; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

AIR QUALITY; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INDOOR AIR; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84880423298     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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