Importance of Indoor Environmental Quality Criteria to Occupants of Low Income Housing

Ayodeji E. Oke; Clinton O. Aigbavboa; Nkosinathi W. Ngema

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95774-6_20

Importance of Indoor Environmental Quality Criteria to Occupants of Low Income Housing

Ayodeji E. Oke
, Clinton O. Aigbavboa
, Nkosinathi W. Ngema

Construction Management and Quantity Surveying

University of Johannesburg

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Abstract

Temperature, humidity, aeration and lighting among others have been the major traditional variables that are considered in understanding and improving comfort of building occupants. As important as these factors are, the need for an hollistic approach to basic necessities and requirements for comfort and satisfaction of people gave rise to the adoption of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) concept. This study therefore examines the importance attached to various IEQ criteria by occupants of selected low-income housing buildings with a view to understanding and improving needed and required facilities for optimum satisfaction. Using questionnaire as the research instrument, purposive sampling was adopted to collect information from occupants of low-income housing, with emphasis on their residence in the building for at least 2 years and above the age of 18. Analysis of the completed 54 questionnaires indicates that basic and traditional factors such as room temperature, humidity and ventilation are the most important IEQ criteria to sampled occupants. The results of this study will help concerned stakeholders of low-income housing including the government, developers, contractors, construction professionals and regulatory agencies to understand the level of importance attached to basic comfort and satisfaction factors by occupants, with a view to providing improve building for better and optimum satisfaction.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	New Developments in Materials for Infrastructure Sustainability and the Contemporary Issues in Geo-environmental Engineering - Proceedings of the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018 – Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes
Subtitle of host publication	From Failure to Sustainability, 2018 in HangZhou, China
Editors	Shanzhi Shu, Liangcai He, Yao Kai
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages	247-256
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9783319957739
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95774-6_20
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	5th GeoChina International Conference on Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, 2018 - HangZhou, China Duration: 23 Jul 2018 → 25 Jul 2018

Publication series

Name	Sustainable Civil Infrastructures
ISSN (Print)	2366-3405
ISSN (Electronic)	2366-3413

Conference

Conference	5th GeoChina International Conference on Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, 2018
Country/Territory	China
City	HangZhou
Period	23/07/18 → 25/07/18

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Building quality
Health and safety
Indoor environmental quality
Occupants’ satisfaction
Smart structure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Civil and Structural Engineering
Computational Mechanics
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Environmental Engineering

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Oke, A. E., Aigbavboa, C. O., & Ngema, N. W. (2019). Importance of Indoor Environmental Quality Criteria to Occupants of Low Income Housing. In S. Shu, L. He, & Y. Kai (Eds.), New Developments in Materials for Infrastructure Sustainability and the Contemporary Issues in Geo-environmental Engineering - Proceedings of the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018 – Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, 2018 in HangZhou, China (pp. 247-256). (Sustainable Civil Infrastructures). Springer Science and Business Media B.V.. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95774-6_20

Oke, Ayodeji E. ; Aigbavboa, Clinton O. ; Ngema, Nkosinathi W. / Importance of Indoor Environmental Quality Criteria to Occupants of Low Income Housing. New Developments in Materials for Infrastructure Sustainability and the Contemporary Issues in Geo-environmental Engineering - Proceedings of the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018 – Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, 2018 in HangZhou, China. editor / Shanzhi Shu ; Liangcai He ; Yao Kai. Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2019. pp. 247-256 (Sustainable Civil Infrastructures).

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Oke, AE, Aigbavboa, CO & Ngema, NW 2019, Importance of Indoor Environmental Quality Criteria to Occupants of Low Income Housing. in S Shu, L He & Y Kai (eds), New Developments in Materials for Infrastructure Sustainability and the Contemporary Issues in Geo-environmental Engineering - Proceedings of the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018 – Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, 2018 in HangZhou, China. Sustainable Civil Infrastructures, Springer Science and Business Media B.V., pp. 247-256, 5th GeoChina International Conference on Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, 2018, HangZhou, China, 23/07/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95774-6_20

Importance of Indoor Environmental Quality Criteria to Occupants of Low Income Housing. / Oke, Ayodeji E.; Aigbavboa, Clinton O.; Ngema, Nkosinathi W.
New Developments in Materials for Infrastructure Sustainability and the Contemporary Issues in Geo-environmental Engineering - Proceedings of the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018 – Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, 2018 in HangZhou, China. ed. / Shanzhi Shu; Liangcai He; Yao Kai. Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 2019. p. 247-256 (Sustainable Civil Infrastructures).

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Oke AE, Aigbavboa CO, Ngema NW. Importance of Indoor Environmental Quality Criteria to Occupants of Low Income Housing. In Shu S, He L, Kai Y, editors, New Developments in Materials for Infrastructure Sustainability and the Contemporary Issues in Geo-environmental Engineering - Proceedings of the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018 – Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, 2018 in HangZhou, China. Springer Science and Business Media B.V. 2019. p. 247-256. (Sustainable Civil Infrastructures). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-95774-6_20

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