WELL building: Criteria for residential buildings in a developing country
Health, well-being, and productivity are the main notions for WELL buildings. Although the WELL building standard does exist to follow when designing a building, the concepts and elements might differ between developed and developing counties and types of buildings. However, there is a lack of knowl...
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| description | Health, well-being, and productivity are the main notions for WELL buildings. Although the WELL building standard does exist to follow when designing a building, the concepts and elements might differ between developed and developing counties and types of buildings. However, there is a lack of knowledge on WELL building concepts and elements in developing countries and residential buildings. Thus, this study uses Malaysia as a case study to investigate the elements that affect health, well-being, and productivity (i.e., WELL) for residential buildings in a developing country. First, semi-structured interviews with built environment industry professionals and individuals living in multi-story residential buildings were carried out. Then, the interview data were analyzed using the thematic analysis technique to generate concepts and elements of WELL for residential buildings in a developing country. The analysis identified nine WELL concepts for residential buildings: air, water, fire, fitness, comfort, mind, safety & security, community, and maintenance & management. Furthermore, the nine themes consist of 53 building elements. The findings suggest three additional new WELL concepts for residential buildings in a developing country: fire, safety & security, and maintenance & management. This is the first study that evaluates the element of WELL for residential buildings that contribute to the existing WELL building standard within the context of a developing country. |
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| spelling | ump-391992023-11-06T04:31:13Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/39199/ WELL building: Criteria for residential buildings in a developing country Salma Husna, Zamani Rahimi, A. Rahman Liyana, Mohamed Yusof TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TH Building construction Health, well-being, and productivity are the main notions for WELL buildings. Although the WELL building standard does exist to follow when designing a building, the concepts and elements might differ between developed and developing counties and types of buildings. However, there is a lack of knowledge on WELL building concepts and elements in developing countries and residential buildings. Thus, this study uses Malaysia as a case study to investigate the elements that affect health, well-being, and productivity (i.e., WELL) for residential buildings in a developing country. First, semi-structured interviews with built environment industry professionals and individuals living in multi-story residential buildings were carried out. Then, the interview data were analyzed using the thematic analysis technique to generate concepts and elements of WELL for residential buildings in a developing country. The analysis identified nine WELL concepts for residential buildings: air, water, fire, fitness, comfort, mind, safety & security, community, and maintenance & management. Furthermore, the nine themes consist of 53 building elements. The findings suggest three additional new WELL concepts for residential buildings in a developing country: fire, safety & security, and maintenance & management. This is the first study that evaluates the element of WELL for residential buildings that contribute to the existing WELL building standard within the context of a developing country. Engineering Project and Production Management 2023-08 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_nc_nd http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/39199/1/WELL%20building-Criteria%20for%20residential%20buildings%20in%20a%20developing%20country.pdf Salma Husna, Zamani and Rahimi, A. Rahman and Liyana, Mohamed Yusof (2023) WELL building: Criteria for residential buildings in a developing country. Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 13 (3). pp. 1-14. ISSN 2221-6529. (Published) https://doi.org/10.32738/JEPPM-2023-0018 https://doi.org/10.32738/JEPPM-2023-0018 |
| spellingShingle | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TH Building construction Salma Husna, Zamani Rahimi, A. Rahman Liyana, Mohamed Yusof WELL building: Criteria for residential buildings in a developing country |
| title | WELL building: Criteria for residential buildings in a developing country |
| title_full | WELL building: Criteria for residential buildings in a developing country |
| title_fullStr | WELL building: Criteria for residential buildings in a developing country |
| title_full_unstemmed | WELL building: Criteria for residential buildings in a developing country |
| title_short | WELL building: Criteria for residential buildings in a developing country |
| title_sort | well building: criteria for residential buildings in a developing country |
| topic | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TH Building construction |
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