Thermal comfort assessment-a study toward workers' satisfaction in a low energy office building
Problem statement: The government of Malaysia has raised their concerns towards the issue of workers comfort and workspace quality in a Low Energy Office (LEO) building. New energy efficient building concepts and technologies require a revision of comfort standards, to create a suitable thermal cond...
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| description | Problem statement: The government of Malaysia has raised their concerns towards the issue of workers comfort and workspace quality in a Low Energy Office (LEO) building. New energy efficient building concepts and technologies require a revision of comfort standards, to create a suitable thermal condition in avoiding occupant dissatisfaction, adverse effect on their roductivity and overall building performance. Approach: Assessment was conducted using Babuc-A (Portable air quality monitor) and sets of questionnaire adapted from ASHRAE-2004 were 99 respondents selected using a stratified random sampling. Results: This study shows that the thermal comfort zone temperature was identified to be within the range of 21.6-23.6°C and relative humidity of 42-54%. Conclusion: The results suggested that the thermal condition was in the acceptable range of ISO7730 and a lower room temperature was preferred by Malaysian in an office environment compared with the temperature criteria cited in ASHRAE-55. To create an optimum comfortable workplace, temperature between 20-26°C and relative humidity between 40-60% must be maintained. Adequate ventilation must be provided at the minimum rate of 10 l/s of fresh air per person for general office space or every 10 m 2 of floor space. |
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| spelling | upm-247362017-11-28T04:36:03Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24736/ Thermal comfort assessment-a study toward workers' satisfaction in a low energy office building Shaharon, Mohd Nafiz Jalaludin, Juliana Problem statement: The government of Malaysia has raised their concerns towards the issue of workers comfort and workspace quality in a Low Energy Office (LEO) building. New energy efficient building concepts and technologies require a revision of comfort standards, to create a suitable thermal condition in avoiding occupant dissatisfaction, adverse effect on their roductivity and overall building performance. Approach: Assessment was conducted using Babuc-A (Portable air quality monitor) and sets of questionnaire adapted from ASHRAE-2004 were 99 respondents selected using a stratified random sampling. Results: This study shows that the thermal comfort zone temperature was identified to be within the range of 21.6-23.6°C and relative humidity of 42-54%. Conclusion: The results suggested that the thermal condition was in the acceptable range of ISO7730 and a lower room temperature was preferred by Malaysian in an office environment compared with the temperature criteria cited in ASHRAE-55. To create an optimum comfortable workplace, temperature between 20-26°C and relative humidity between 40-60% must be maintained. Adequate ventilation must be provided at the minimum rate of 10 l/s of fresh air per person for general office space or every 10 m 2 of floor space. Science Publications 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24736/1/ajassp.2012.1037.1045.pdf Shaharon, Mohd Nafiz and Jalaludin, Juliana (2012) Thermal comfort assessment-a study toward workers' satisfaction in a low energy office building. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 9 (7). pp. 1037-1045. ISSN 1546-9239; ESSN: 1554-3641 http://thescipub.com/abstract/10.3844/ajassp.2012.1037.1045 10.3844/ajassp.2012.1037.1045 |
| spellingShingle | Shaharon, Mohd Nafiz Jalaludin, Juliana Thermal comfort assessment-a study toward workers' satisfaction in a low energy office building |
| title | Thermal comfort assessment-a study toward workers' satisfaction in a low energy office building |
| title_full | Thermal comfort assessment-a study toward workers' satisfaction in a low energy office building |
| title_fullStr | Thermal comfort assessment-a study toward workers' satisfaction in a low energy office building |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thermal comfort assessment-a study toward workers' satisfaction in a low energy office building |
| title_short | Thermal comfort assessment-a study toward workers' satisfaction in a low energy office building |
| title_sort | thermal comfort assessment-a study toward workers' satisfaction in a low energy office building |
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