Exploring the Relationship of Building Performance and Energy Consumption

  • Geraldine J. Paguigan, Daniel C. Jacinto

Abstract

The study focused on occupants' evaluation of the performance of the buildings and their relation to
energy consumption. A survey questionnaire was floated to the occupants of the buildings and the results
were evaluated using the Five Point Likert Scale. The study revealed that the occupants appreciated welllighted rooms, and the least accepted was the air circulation and ventilation in the rooms; the buildings
with the most number of air-conditioned units and electric appliances use for ventilation ranked first as
regards to their annual energy consumption. Using the Chi-square test of independence at an alpha level
of 0.10 with the degree of freedom of 4, which is 7.779, the computed result was 9.125 hence, the energy
consumption of a building influences occupants' perception of the indoor environment quality. This study
revealed that a building is well appreciated if it provides occupants’ cooling and ventilation comfort in
the indoors regardless on the energy consumption. The design of the buildings’ cooling and ventilation
system must be considered to ensure quality indoor temperature for occupants’ comfort and to provide
energy conservation approaches to achieve better performance of a building

Published
2020-05-20
How to Cite
Geraldine J. Paguigan, Daniel C. Jacinto. (2020). Exploring the Relationship of Building Performance and Energy Consumption. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, 29(7), 2293-2306. Retrieved from http://sersc.org/journals/index.php/IJAST/article/view/17967
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