POE: Bioclimatic design for sustainability

Authors

  • Hazreena Hussein Department of Architecture, Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Adi Ainurzaman Jamaludin Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i10.85

Keywords:

bioclimatic design, Likert scale, post- occupancy evaluation (POE), residential college building.

Abstract

Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) by using a set of questionnaire was conducted to assess the perception and comfort level required by residents in a college building with the best practice of bioclimatic design strategies. The survey was based on a five-point Likert scale, covering various performance criteria of the building (architectural elements, thermal comfort, indoor air quality, visual comfort, acoustic comfort and landscape features). The positions of the rooms should be highly considered in implementing the improvement measures for increasing the comfort level of the room when this aspect considerably influences the satisfaction and perception levels of respondents.

Keywords: bioclimatic design, Likert scale, post- occupancy evaluation (POE), residential college building. 

eISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

 

 

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2018-03-13

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Hussein, H., & Jamaludin, A. A. (2018). POE: Bioclimatic design for sustainability. Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies, 3(10), 105–116. https://doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i10.85

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