Post-occupancy studies of an office environment: Energy performance and occupants' satisfaction

Building and Environment

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-130

  Agha Hossein, M M ^a,b   El Jouzi, S ^a   Elmualim, A A ^b   Ellis, J ^b   Williams, M ^c  

^a CH2M HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c HCPC ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees' satisfaction; Energy saving; Office refurbishment; Perceived productivity; Perceived well being

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYEE PERCEPTIONS; LEVEL OF SATISFACTION; OCCUPANTS' BEHAVIOURS; OCCUPANTS' SATISFACTIONS; OFFICE REFURBISHMENT; PERCEIVED WELL-BEING; POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION; WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENTS;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

BUILDING; EMPLOYMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; PERCEPTION; PRODUCTIVITY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84883422361     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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