Office buildings
Comparative study on acoustical performance and occupants' satisfaction between green office buildings and conventional office buildings in Malaysia
... in office buildings are to maximize the us- age of energy efficient whilst reducing building impact onto human health and ...green office buildings, the authors have come to the question about ...
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Carbon and energy use reporting for government office buildings in Putrajaya
... government office buildings could serve for demonstration purpose, deliver significant effect to transform the market and also had education ...in buildings amongst the measures (SEDA, ...
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The influence of the appearance of work positions on the occurrence of eye symptoms in office buildings
... in office buildings (Cawthome, 1991; Smith, 1986; Wotton, ...an office lit environment dominated by artificial lighting does not upset the circadian rhythm, in fact it compensates for the ...
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Modelling the utility and occupancy costs of local authority office buildings
... sample buildings were utilised by the occupier organisations was, nevertheless, reflected in data from the occupant survey (Section ...main office- and desk-based, with only a small proportion working from ...
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APPRAISAL OF USER SATISFACTION FOR PUBLIC OFFICE BUILDINGS IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
... – Office buildings represent a significant value as being fixed assets for all ...an office building is to facilitate the provision of a workplace and working environment for information and ...
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Sustainable improvement strategy for existing office buildings in developing nations
... This paper reviewed literature on improvement strategy to develop an improvement strategy model to identify and eliminate perceived waste and inefficient facilities in existing office buildings for ...
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An Assessment of Thermal Comfort in Multi Storey Office Buildings in Ghana
... storey office buildings in Ghana have become what is termed the “glass box” expos- ing all or most part of its facades to the high day time ...storey office buildings have resorted to the use ...
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Potential influence of courtyard on indoor environment conditions of office buildings
... inside buildings, which it leads to offer indoor thermal comfort and conserving ...contemporary office buildings with single, double and three ...
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Thermal comfort and occupant behaviour in office buildings in south-east China
... ventilated office-buildings in the south east of France during both the hot and the cold ...naturally-ventilated buildings, the PMV model was not reliable to predict occupant thermal comfort either ...
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Customer satisfaction in the management of public office buildings: evidence from Malaysia
... Dixon et. al. (1987) highlighted the need to determine an appropriate method of collecting information. This research employed personally administrated questionnaire surveys. The main objective of the survey was to ...
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Significant characteristics of scheduled and condition based maintenance in office buildings
... Sustainability of buildings is one of the main aims in the construction industry. In achieving sustainability, maintenance of building and its facilities which include planning, implementation and outcome of ...
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Assessing Ghanaian Workplace Performance in Multi-Storey Office Buildings.
... User survey with interviews was organized to capture occupants’ satisfaction with their environment. The questionnaire was distributed to a sample of the employees which differed from building to building, making a total ...
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A Markov-chain Activity-based Model for Pedestrians in Office Buildings
... in office buildings increases, there is an urgent need to improve building services, such as lighting and temperature control, within these buildings to increase energy efficiency and well-being of ...
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A study of the performance of office workers descending multiple flights of stairs in high rise office buildings in trial evacuations
... all office workers to safely use the stairs to evacuate and the risk posed to their health and safety in doing ...of office buildings in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Dubai ...
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Preventing Occupational Respiratory Disease from Exposures Caused by Dampness in Office Buildings, Schools, and Other Nonindustrial Buildings
... Office buildings, schools, and other nonindustrial build- ings may develop moisture and dampness problems from roof and window leaks, high indoor humidity, and flooding events, among other ...in ...
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Preferred strategies to foster energy conservation behavior in Batam’s office buildings
... in office buildings, the activities of the occupants affected the overall office energy ...commercial buildings like shopping complex the energy consumption are depending on electrical ...
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Elimination of waste and inefficiencies in existing office buildings in developing nations for sustainability
... old buildings, as Wood (2006) noted: “sustainability cannot be achieved without addressing the existing building ...existing office buildings for sustainability in Nigeria and other developing ...
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Terrorism prevention measures for office buildings a new layering approach
... office buildings. Considering recent terrorism attacks targeting office buildings the one that tops the number of victims is the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks in New ...towards ...
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A study of the performance of office workers descending multiple flights of stairs in high rise office buildings in trial evacuations
... Seven extrinsic variables as outlined in Chapter 3 were created from the available hard data along with two intrinsic variables. The frequency tables were reorganised into a master table and patterns established between ...
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Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Office Buildings in Canada
... of buildings especially in office ...The office building with wood had lower environmental impact ...for office buildings in ...
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