Are green buildings more satisfactory? A review of global evidence

M Khoshbakht, Z Gou, Y Lu, X Xie, J Zhang - Habitat International, 2018 - Elsevier
Green buildings not just help to reduce energy and resource consumption, but also to
improve user experience and satisfaction. The former relies on technical advancement …

Moving to a green building: Indoor environment quality, thermal comfort and health

R Elnaklah, I Walker, S Natarajan - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
A global movement towards the creation of “green” buildings is currently underway.
Although driven primarily by an external environmental agenda such as energy or carbon …

How green building rating systems affect indoor thermal comfort environments design

Y He, NH Wong, T Kvan, M Liu, S Tong - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper addresses a controversial issue that Green Building Rating Systems (GBRS) may
not necessarily improve user experience, particularly indoor thermal comfort. We conducted …

[HTML][HTML] Indoor air quality investigation before and after relocation to WELL-certified office buildings

D Licina, S Langer - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Air pollutant exposure in workplace environments has been associated with health and
cognitive outcomes of workers. While green building certification programs have been …

[HTML][HTML] Influential design factors on occupant satisfaction with indoor environment in workplaces

M Kwon, H Remøy, M Van den Bogaard - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Occupant satisfaction with IEQ (indoor environmental quality) is influenced by many physical
and psychological factors. This paper reports the results of a study that investigate influential …

The impact of socio-demographic factors on occupants' thermal comfort and sensation: An integrated approach using statistical analysis and agent-based modeling

MN Uddin, M Lee, M Ni - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
The thermal comfort and thermal sensation of occupants can significantly impact the overall
performance of the building. However, very little is known about how occupants perceive or …

The impact of indoor environmental quality of green buildings on occupants' health and Satisfaction: A systematic review

N Mirzaei, H Kamelnia, SG Islami… - Journal of …, 2020 - publish.kne-publishing.com
Introduction: The main benefits of green buildings for energy and water conservation have
been investigated and well recognized in previous studies. However, indoor environmental …

Importance-performance analysis (IPA) of the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of an EDGE-certified building in Ghana

K Agyekum, EEK Akli-Nartey, AS Kukah… - International Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The excellence in design and greater efficiencies (EDGE) certification system has
seen a gradual adoption worldwide, with Ghana having six out of its eight certified green …

Rethinking performance gaps: A regenerative sustainability approach to built environment performance assessment

S Coleman, MF Touchie, JB Robinson, T Peters - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Globally, there are significant challenges to meeting built environment performance targets.
The gaps found between the predicted performance of new or retrofit buildings and their …

The impact of design interventions on occupant satisfaction: a workplace pre-and post-occupancy evaluation analysis

A Asojo, H Vo, S Bae - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Understanding how occupants perceive the built environment is a growing interest in
sustainability research. This article looks into how design interventions in a workplace …