dc.contributor.advisor |
Reeves, D |
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dc.contributor.advisor |
Mathewman, S |
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dc.contributor.advisor |
Byrd, H |
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dc.contributor.author |
Onyeizu, Eziaku |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2014-11-19T19:12:29Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2014 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
2014 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/23524 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Green certified buildings have been marketed largely on the claim that they increase the productivity of occupants. It is claimed that the extra investment required to construct a Green building not only helps the environment but could also be recovered by the increased productivity of its occupants. This relationship between building design and productivity has been purported to be achieved with compliance to indoor environmental quality (IEQ) criteria of Green building rating tools. With productivity being so central to the characteristics of a Green certified building, one would expect there to be substantial and robust research relating the criteria of Green rating tools to the measure of productivity. This research investigated the proposition that IEQ of Green certified buildings increases occupant productivity. This was carried out by reviewing methods of measuring productivity in offices, evaluating the significance of IEQ over other factors to productivity and examining the appropriateness of the IEQ criteria in representing occupant perception of the environment. The Building in Use Studies (BUS) questionnaire was evaluated to ascertain its ability to measure the perception of occupants on their productivity and IEQ in office buildings. The findings showed that past research has not produced sufficient evidence to support the claim that IEQ increases productivity. Rather, it was observed that IEQ factors were not as significant to productivity as purported. Other factors such as social, organizational and personal factors were perceived to be more important to productivity. It was also found that the research supporting the Green IEQ criteria is insufficient in representing occupant perception of the environment let alone occupant productivity. Further observations of occupant comfort in office buildings showed that, despite a building’s compliance with IEQ criteria, occupants were not comfortable with the IEQ in these buildings. Occupants still resorted to exceptional measures to alter their working environment. This research concluded that the current methods of measuring occupant productivity are insufficient; that IEQ is not more significant to productivity than other factors; and that the IEQ criteria for building design are not good indicators of how occupants perceive the environment. |
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dc.publisher |
ResearchSpace@Auckland |
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dc.relation.ispartof |
PhD Thesis - University of Auckland |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/ |
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dc.title |
Can Architecture Increase Productivity? The Case of Green Certified Buildings |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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thesis.degree.grantor |
The University of Auckland |
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thesis.degree.level |
Doctoral |
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thesis.degree.name |
PhD |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The Author |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
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pubs.elements-id |
462045 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2014-11-20 |
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dc.identifier.wikidata |
Q112906575 |
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