Identifying the Key Social Factors in Post Occupancy Evaluation of a Green Building

Abstract

Over the years, researchers have conducted various studies on the adverse effects from world development growth. The real-time evidence of changes in the climate favours the stakeholders to support the sustainable development concept by balancing the environment, economic, and social needs. The construction industry is one of the industries held responsible for the release of harmful emissions throughout its lifecycle. The awareness of the need of supporting the sustainable principle has led to many initiatives in reducing the energy consumption in buildings, which include the demand for green building construction. Although extensive research and evaluation tools of green buildings are carried out, lessattention is made on social needs, which include the occupants’ perception and satisfaction. Consequently, recent studies found discrepancies in occupant satisfaction claiming better comfort and health in green buildings. This study is therefore aiming to identify the key social factors that lead to occupants’ satisfaction. Literature was carried out by systematically searching online literature databases, using keywords searches, within ten (10) years of time frame from 2012 to 2021. Through the analysis, the following result on the social factors is obtained, namely comfort, health, safety, system’s controllability, productivity at work, corporate satisfaction, water efficiency, and energy efficiency. By identifying these factors, this article is hoped to improve the development of the green strategy, supporting the eleventh and thirteenth trust in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).