| Title |
A Study on Weighting Factors for Integrative Indoor Environment Evaluation in Residential Buildings - Based on Occupant Survey in Residential Buildings of the Midwest Region, USA |
| Keywords |
Residential Building ; Indoor Environment ; Weighting Factor ; Integrative Evaluation |
| Abstract |
The main purpose of residential building is to provide a comfortable living environment for their occupants. Indoor environmental factors are considered to be one of the most important factors occupant assessment of their quality of life in residential building. These environmental factors include thermal, lighting, acoustic and indoor air quality. The appropriate level of these environmental factors increase occupants satisfaction and improve the residential environmental quality. The objective of this research is to propose weighting factors for integrative evaluation of all environmental factors that were developed from responses to survey questions about environmental factor‘s priorities in residential buildings. In order to integrate all environmental factors, it was crucial to determine the relative importance of various environmental factors from the occupants' point of view. |