Abstract
In recent years, with the development of green building and the increase of health awareness, the concept of healthy building has been proposed. Recently, studies have been made on developing healthy residential buildings; however, few attentions have been paid to the development of healthy dormitories. To bridge this research gap, this paper aims to investigate the crucial aspects of developing a healthy dormitory. Based on the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, three influencing aspects which include 17 measurement indicators are identified. Questionnaire surveys are subsequently conducted to collect students’ perceptions on the identified indicators. After a structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis, the relationships between the three influencing aspects are analyzed. The research findings show that building performance, bodily sensation, and humanistic environment must be taken into account in the development of a healthy dormitory. In addition, it is revealed that building performance has a significant impact on bodily sensation, while bodily sensation has a significant impact on humanistic environment. However, building performance is found having little impact on humanistic environment. The findings of this study could provide useful information for the construction of healthy dormitories.
Highlights
In recent years, with the rapid economic development in China, sustainability and health problems have been attracting attentions from both the central government and the public [1,2,3]
A healthy building takes the concept of green building as a premise, while the focus turns from the building itself to the residents of the building
Results showed that building performance, bodily sensation and humanistic environment had significant positive effects on developing a healthy dormitory, and the standardized path coefficients were 0.93, 0.98 and 0.98, respectively
Summary
With the rapid economic development in China, sustainability and health problems have been attracting attentions from both the central government and the public [1,2,3]. As human beings spend nearly 90% of time indoors, the indoor environment could significantly influence the human beings’ health status [4] In this circumstance, the buildings which can provide healthy, comfortable and safe living environment for human beings are highly required [5]. According to the “Assessment Standard for Healthy Building” published by the ASC, “healthy building” is defined as the buildings that fulfill the basic functional requirements and have the abilities of providing healthier environment, facilities and services to the users to protect their physical and psychological health [6]. Owning to the demonstrative and educational functions of buildings in campus [18], it is of great necessity to develop healthy dormitories to improve the living environment of students. To bridge this research gap, this study adopts the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to identify the crucial influencing aspects
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