Satisfaction with indoor environmental quality in BREEAM and non-BREEAM certified office buildings

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 343-355

  Altomonte, Sergio ^a   Saadouni, Sara ^a   Kent, Michael G ^a   Schiavon, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BREEAM; control; cross sectional questionnaire; environmental measurements; Indoor environmental quality; non environmental factors; occupant satisfaction; point in time survey

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; CONTROL; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SURVEYS;

BREEAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL QUESTIONNAIRE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; OCCUPANT SATISFACTION; TIME SURVEYS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 85020747200     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2017.1336983     Document Type: Article

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