TY - GEN
T1 - Key Indoor Environmental Quality Indicators for Students’ Satisfaction in Residences Built from ISBU
AU - Maphongwane, Noluthando
AU - Aigbavboa, Clinton
AU - Ikuabe, Matthew
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - With an increasing number of students enrolled at universities each year, there is a rise in the demand for student residences. This has led to considering the Intermodal Steel Building Unit (ISBU) as an alternative building method to address the residence shortage. This paper focuses on student satisfaction with indoor environmental quality in ISBU residences. Data was collected through a structured close-ended questionnaire distributed to students living in ISBU accommodations in Johannesburg, South Africa. A total of one hundred and five questionnaires were distributed, and ninety-four were returned, representing a 90% response rate. Data elicited from the target respondents were analysed using exploratory factor analysis. The findings revealed that indoor environmental factors contributing to students’ satisfaction include ergonomics, lighting, indoor air quality, glare, furniture, and appearance. The study’s findings contribute to the advancement of a sustainable environment by propagating requisite indicators for environmental quality in students’ residences.
AB - With an increasing number of students enrolled at universities each year, there is a rise in the demand for student residences. This has led to considering the Intermodal Steel Building Unit (ISBU) as an alternative building method to address the residence shortage. This paper focuses on student satisfaction with indoor environmental quality in ISBU residences. Data was collected through a structured close-ended questionnaire distributed to students living in ISBU accommodations in Johannesburg, South Africa. A total of one hundred and five questionnaires were distributed, and ninety-four were returned, representing a 90% response rate. Data elicited from the target respondents were analysed using exploratory factor analysis. The findings revealed that indoor environmental factors contributing to students’ satisfaction include ergonomics, lighting, indoor air quality, glare, furniture, and appearance. The study’s findings contribute to the advancement of a sustainable environment by propagating requisite indicators for environmental quality in students’ residences.
KW - Indoor environmental quality
KW - ISBU
KW - South Africa
KW - Students’ residences
KW - Sustainability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85200360262&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-56544-1_49
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-56544-1_49
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85200360262
SN - 9783031565434
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 781
EP - 790
BT - Advances in Engineering Management, Innovation, and Sustainability - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2023
A2 - Rotimi, James Olabode Bamidele
A2 - Shahzad, Wajiha Mohsin
A2 - Sutrisna, Monty
A2 - Kahandawa, Ravindu
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 13th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management, EPPM 2023
Y2 - 29 November 2023 through 1 December 2023
ER -