Effect of external factors, within a green building : a case study

Abstract

The concept of “Green Building” became the most prominent among new building designs, which was set up with the “Sustainable Built Environment5’, to safeguard the natural environment. With boom of this new concept of sustainability, necessity was arisen to find out whether the occupants of these green buildings are physically and mentally satisfied within their habitat. The study was earned out in two phases within a LEFT) platinum rated building and from the phase I, it was found that the selected workplace has located within the extended comfort zone, but physically the occupants were not thermally comfortable and that lead to their dissatisfaction with respect to the comfort. During Phase EL, further analysis was carried out concerning, internal level of CO2 and radiation and so as to a conclusion that, due to insufficient consideration on some important design aspects which were not covered in the LEED guidelines, which was established by USGBC, physically and mentally the building was not thermally comfortable for the occupants. Therefore, this research emphasized while ensuring the great standards within the green buildings, the designers need to be daring enough to look beyond the standards to make the occupants satisfied within their workplace.