Satisfaction of occupants toward indoor environment quality of certified green office buildings in Taiwan

Building and Environment

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 232-242

  Liang, Han Hsi ^a   Chen, Chen Peng ^b   Hwang, Ruey Lung ^a   Shih, Wen Mei ^a   Lo, Shih Chi ^c   Liao, Huey Yan ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Green buildings; Indoor environmental quality; Occupant satisfaction; Post occupancy evaluation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GREEN BUILDINGS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; OCCUPANT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS; POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIGHTING; OFFICE BUILDINGS; THERMAL COMFORT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; INDOOR AIR; LIGHT; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; NOISE; OFFICE LOCATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84890202823     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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