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Links Found Between LEED Building and Occupant Satisfaction



Occupants are more satisfied in LEED buildings than in conventional buildings, according to an occupant satisfaction survey tool from the University of California at Berkeley’s Center for the Built Environment (CBE).




Occupants are more satisfied in LEED buildings than in conventional buildings, according to an occupant satisfaction survey tool from the University of California at Berkeley’s Center for the Built Environment (CBE).

CBE does not reveal the identity of any project in its database, except with explicit permission from the owner. In the charts, LEED projects are identified by circles, among the overall data set of about 180 projects. The projects are primarily office buildings, according to Charlie Huizenga, a research specialist at CBE. Many, but not all, are newly constructed.

The charts reveal that, at least for this limited data set, occupants rate the air quality and thermal comfort of their LEED buildings quite highly but feel mixed about the lighting and are generally dissatisfied with the acoustics. Interestingly, occupants gave their "overall building" a higher rating than they gave their "overall workspace."

For more information, go to http://www.cbe.berkeley.edu.




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