An analysis of indoor environment evaluation for The Springs development in Dubai, UAE
ISSN: 0168-2601
Article publication date: 16 June 2021
Issue publication date: 22 November 2021
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to evaluate The Springs’ indoor environment, one of the iconic townhouse-type residential buildings in Dubai, more efficiently for the integrated evaluation of the indoor environment with the weights of indoor environmental factors such as thermal, indoor air, lighting and acoustic.
Design/methodology/approach
The weights of the indoor environment factors were derived for the integrated evaluation to reflect the residents’ preferences. Based on the post-occupancy evaluation (P.O.E.) survey, the weights according to the gender, age group and indoor spaces followed a comparison and analytical processes.
Findings
This paper had found the priority of residents’ needs for each space in The Springs project. In summer, thermal comfort was the most important factor for living room and the master bedroom. In winter, the priority for living room and kitchen was the indoor air quality.
Research limitations/implications
As it is the first research survey for housing project in Dubai, it needs to be extended to other housing projects in Dubai. To increase the reliability of the weights calculated through this study and the applicability of the integrated indoor environmental evaluation, more in-depth P.O.E. survey is needed with wide range of survey participants.
Social implications
This paper will help developing guidelines for future renovation based on the comparative analysis among thermal comfort, acoustic comfort, lighting comfort and indoor air comfort.
Originality/value
This paper is the first attempt to analyze the condition of early housing projects in Dubai. The data can be used to increase not only the design quality and marketability of housing projects in Dubai but also the condition of residents’ health status to avoid sick building syndrome from approximately 20 years old buildings.
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Citation
Jung, C., Awad, J., Sami Abdelaziz Mahmoud, N. and Salameh, M. (2021), "An analysis of indoor environment evaluation for The Springs development in Dubai, UAE", Open House International, Vol. 46 No. 4, pp. 651-667. https://doi.org/10.1108/OHI-11-2020-0165
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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