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Indoor Environmental Quality Related to Occupant Satisfaction and Performance in LEED-certified Buildings

School of Planning, Design & Construction, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48843, USA, leeyou35{at}msu.edu

Denise A. Guerin

College of Design, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN 55108, USA

The purpose of this study was to identify whether the indoor environmental quality design criteria: office layout, office furnishing, thermal comfort, indoor air quality, lighting, acoustics, and cleanliness and maintenance in relation to the overall workspace for LEED^®-acreditation, could significantly affect occupants’ perception of their overall workspace satisfaction and their work performances. Occupants’ self-assessed satisfaction and performances were measured and these were correlated with occupants’ satisfaction and performances in their overall workspaces in 15 LEED-certified buildings in the US. The findings showed office furnishing quality has a significant impact on occupants’ satisfaction and performances; and indoor air quality affected only the occupants’ performances

Key Words: Indoor environmental quality • LEED-certified buildings • Occupant satisfaction and performance

This version was published on August 1, 2009

Indoor and Built Environment, Vol. 18, No. 4, 293-300 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X09105455


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