| Title |
A Case Study on the Usage Pattern & the Optimum Number of Sanitary Fixture at Toilet in Office Building |
| Authors |
Moon, Kyeong-Hwan ; Chung, Kwang-Seop ; Kim, Young-Il ; Jang, Mun-Ki |
| Keywords |
Interviewing Survey ; The Usage Pattern of Toilet ; Sanitary Fixture ; WC(Water Closet) ; Urinal |
| Abstract |
During the last decade, an increasing interest in the usage pattern of sanitary fixture at toilet has emerged. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate comprehensively the usage characteristics of sanitary fixture at toilet in office building. In this paper, the interviewing survey of occupant's responses to the toilet usage were carried out. Interviewing surveys were made of the usage factors such as the usage frequency and the usage time of WC or urinals, and the preference of facilities or appliances at toilet, etc. Furthermore, the number of sanitary fixture at toilet were calculated by queuing theory simulation. The study then suggests the basic data or guideline for assessing the optimum number of sanitary fixture at toilet based on field survey in office building. As the result of this research, the frequency of using toilet was mainly 3 ∼ 5 times per day. And the frequency of women using as higher than men. In addition, the frequency time of using toilet for urinating was 1 ∼ 3 minutes and the frequency time of using toilet for defecating was 3 ∼ 5 minutes. Furthermore, most men preferred toilet which is nearby window but women did not prefer toilet nearby window. According to the research, most men preferred toilet which is nearby window because of ventilating when they smoked. However, most women did not prefer because of the privacy. Finally, most results of this research indicated that the pattern of using toilet did not depend on sex either age excluding the frequency of using toilet per day. |