Abstract
Low-Cost Flat Housing is the housing for low income group.. It began with a flat which has two bedrooms in each unit, then it was increased three bedrooms. The three bedrooms flat has to fit the floor area of 650 square feet, in which was later revised to 700 square feet. Small overall floor area which comes with small budget allocated for its construction, could lead to poor indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in low-cost flat, if not properly designed. This paper discusses on the occupants’ satisfaction perception of IEQ of a low cost flat in Kampung Teras Jernang, Selangor. The methodologies used in this study are site observation and questionnaire survey. This study concludes that the IEQ in the selected low-cost flat has acceptably fulfilled the needs and quality required by the occupants. However, there is a factor that the building occupants have expressed poor perception, which is the noise pollution.
Highlights
Low-cost housing which is developed for low income group is an important housing category in Malaysia where one of its initial objective is to overcome the squatter problem
With such a small floor area that provides three bedrooms with its other essential spaces of a home, each space has a very limited floor area, could results in poor indoor environmental quality. It is not just the limited floor area that could affect the quality of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of low-cost flat; among other factors are workmanship, plan layout, opening size and quality of materials
The study concludes that the indoor environmental quality in the selected low-cost flat is acceptable by the residents
Summary
Low-cost housing which is developed for low income group is an important housing category in Malaysia where one of its initial objective is to overcome the squatter problem. The minimum floor area for three bedrooms low-cost flat has been increased to 700 square feet [4] With such a small floor area that provides three bedrooms with its other essential spaces of a home, each space has a very limited floor area, could results in poor indoor environmental quality. It is not just the limited floor area that could affect the quality of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of low-cost flat; among other factors are workmanship, plan layout, opening size and quality of materials
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