Building energy index and students’ perceived performance in public university buildings
Numerous studies have shown that students’ learning experience is closely associated with the physical comfort level of their teaching and learning environment. The different strategies or allocation of air-conditioning, mechanical ventilation (ACMV) and lighting systems contribute greatly to the...
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Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
Language: | English |
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2014
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Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/15950/1/2015_Renewable_Energy_in_the_Service_of_Mankind_Chapter_48_%281%29.pdf http://eprints.um.edu.my/15950/ |
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Summary: | Numerous studies have shown that students’ learning experience is
closely associated with the physical comfort level of their teaching and learning
environment. The different strategies or allocation of air-conditioning, mechanical
ventilation (ACMV) and lighting systems contribute greatly to the energy performances
in the buildings. This study explores the relationship between electricity
consumption of the academic buildings of a public university in an urban context
and its students’ perceived performance. It seeks to find the answer patterns from
unsuspected subjects; whether there is a difference between a lower energy-use
building and a higher energy-use building. To achieve the objective, the study adopts
the quantitative method of assessing students’ perceived performance through questionnaire
survey. The questionnaires, adopted from Building Use Studies, UK,
were distributed randomly through convenience sampling to students from two
academic buildings in the campus. Both buildings were selected through purposive
sampling method with specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. Subsequently,
power and energy logger was installed into the same buildings to monitor electricity
consumption at specific intervals. For comparison, building energy index (BEI) for
each building was calculated. The study found that the building that scored higher
in students’ performance, also has higher calculated BEI. As control for indoor
comfort account for more than half of the total electricity consumption, the result
suggested that electricity consumption influences students’ performance positively.
The study also revealed that both buildings’ calculated BEI were lower than recommended
by many standards. This suggests that these buildings have extremely high
potential of achieving green building status. If executed properly, the university
campus, which equates the size of a small city, may achieve green campus status
sooner than expected and may lead others in the flagship project towards a lowcarbon
university campus. |
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