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İNCEOĞLU, Zuhal, and Asena SOYLUK. "ANALYSIS OF OFFICE BUILDINGS IN THE CONTEXT OF PLAN TYPES; EXAMPLE OF ANKARA ESKİŞEHİR ROAD REGION." INTERNATIONAL REFEREED JOURNAL OF DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, no. 22 (2021): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.17365/tmd.2021.turkey.22.04.
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Since the beginning of history, human beings have made great advances in technology. In the field of architecture, this movement has had reflections such as new construction and application techniques and the use of different materials. In parallel with this rapid progress in building and construction technology, solutions that meet the changing needs in architectural design have started to be offered. Aim: The aim of the research is to find out which plan type is the most preferred in terms of design in high-rise office buildings in Eskişehir road region, which attracts attention with its office building stock in Ankara, and to analyze the relationship of this plan type preference with the building's height and current value parameters. Method: Tracing method was used to find the ratio of plan types in the examined office buildings and to establish the relationship of these plan types with height and m2 current value. Then the obtained data were evaluated statistically and regression values were found by using regression analysis method. Results: In the 12 office structures examined in the study, open office (47%), mixed office (27%), closed (13%) and co-working offices (13%) were preferred, respectively. 66% of the multi-storey office buildings in the sample space of the research have a height of 100 m or more. Closed offices are the lowest value in terms of market value and mixed offices are the highest valued. Conclusion: It is understood that open-plan offices are preferred in the Ankara Eskişehir road region. As a result of the study, it has been revealed that these plan types, which are mostly used in office buildings, have a directly proportional relationship with the concept of current value per m2, but not with the height of the multi-storey building. In this respect, it is possible to say that architectural design decisions directly affect the real estate market of the country and this interaction has formed an important relationship with the country's economy by shaping the capital market.
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Edelson, Eve. "Building automation security in office buildings." Computer Fraud & Security 2004, no. 10 (October 2004): 4–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1361-3723(04)00120-4.
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Diodiu, Raluca, and Toma Galaon. "Comparing Carbonyls Levels in Indoor Air in two Offices -Green and Old Building." Revista de Chimie 68, no. 8 (September 15, 2017): 1708–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.37358/rc.17.8.5749.
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The concentrations of 17 carbonyl compounds were investigated in indoor air of two offices - one located in a green building and the other in an old building, both from Bucharest. Indoor air samples were collected during normal activities of the working staff on passive samplers. Two analytical techniques were used: Ion Chromatography for carboxylic acids and High Performance Liquid Chromatography for aldehydes and ketones. A questionnaire was administrated in order to collect information about buildings characteristics, indoor furniture, decorating materials and electronical devices used during the sampling. Formaldehyde, acroleine+acetone, acetaldehyde, hexaldehyde and carboxylic acids were the most abundant compounds that accounted for more than 50% of the total carbonyls. The majority of the aldehydes showed higher concentrations in the old building office compared to the concentrations found in the green building office. Regarding the carboxylic acids: the concentration of formic acid was slightly higher in the old building office versus the green building office; in the case of acetic acid, the concentration found in the old building office was around two times higher comparing to the green building office.
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Noor Hanifah, Oktavia Ayu, and Agung Purnomo. "AN INTERIOR STUDY OF JOYOSURAN WARD OFFICE IN SURAKARTA- INDONESIA ON THE ASPECTS OF FUNCTIONS AND SPACE FORMING AND FILLING ELEMENTS." Pendhapa 11, no. 1 (April 16, 2021): 9–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.33153/pendhapa.v11i1.3605.
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Surakarta is a city that has 54 villages/wards spreading across five sub-districts, namely: Pasar Kliwon, Jebres, Banjarsari, Laweyan, and Serengan. The buildings of ward offices in Surakarta are fascinating because they are some of the works of human culture influenced by local culture. The Joyosuran Ward Office building is Joglo, a strong Javanese nuance intended as a sign of Solo city's distinctive identity. On average, pendapa at ward offices is glass-walled and appears open with two doors at the front and the back. The function of a ward pendapa is as a meeting space, village gatherings, and other meetings. The next building is the office. The style of the ward office building in Surakarta is colonial architecture, a term for buildings with a form (or outside impression) of Nusantara's (Indonesian) architecture and modern architecture adapted to the climate, building materials, and technology developed at the current time. This research aims to find out the functions, elements of the form, and space fillers of the Joyosuran Ward Office in Surakarta. The research method used in this research is an analysis method with an interior design approach conducted at Joyosuran Ward Office in Surakarta. Data collected from informants, literature, and objects/artifacts. The results show that the functions, elements of form, and space fillers of the Joyosuran Ward Office are a public service office under the lowest government level management. The buildings are a mixture of colonial and Javanese styles. The benefits of this research's results can be an essential source of information for the development of interior design studies and cultured public buildings
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Azuma, Kenichi, Naoki Kagi, U. Yanagi, Hoon Kim, Kenichi Hasegawa, Dai Shimazaki, Noriko Kaihara, et al. "O-109 EFFECTS OF THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF AN AIR-CONDITIONED OFFICE BUILDING ON BUILDING-RELATED SYMPTOMS: ASSOCIATIONS WITH SUSPENDED PARTICLES, CHEMICALS, AND AIRBORNE MICROORGANISMS." Occupational Medicine 74, Supplement_1 (July 1, 2024): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqae023.0719.
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Abstract Introduction Building-related symptoms (BRSs) have emerged as an occupational and environmental health issue since the early 1970s. Office environment maintenance may differ according to the total floor area of a building, i.e., the scale of the building. Methods In this report, we examined the association between BRSs and the suspended particles, chemicals, and airborne microorganisms in air-conditioned office buildings. The surveys were conducted from January 2018 to March 2020 in 27 offices with 333 employees and in 25 offices with 342 employees during winter and summer, respectively. The office buildings were categorized into small buildings (<2000 m2, 11 offices with 96 employees during winter; 10 offices with 91 employees during summer), middle-sized buildings (2000–3000 m2, 7 offices with 145 employees; 7 offices with 158 employees), and large buildings (≥3000 m2, 9 offices with 92 employees; 8 offices with 93 employees) during winter and summer, respectively. Results Significant associations between BRSs and the suspended particles, chemicals, and airborne microorganisms were few in small buildings. Although significant associations between BRSs and suspended particles, aldehydes, volatile organic compounds, fungi, and bacteria were observed in middle-sized and large buildings during both seasons, as a whole, those concentrations did not exceed indoor air quality guidelines, suggesting being of no toxicological significance. However, the results suggested the possibility of the effects of the combined exposure to multiple aldehydes on upper respiratory symptoms. Discussion and conclusion Our data suggests that further research on the total health risk due to multiple low-level indoor pollutants is required.
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Goncikowski, Marcin. "THE IMPACT OF THE EPIDEMIC THREAT ON THE DESIGN OF OFFICE SPACE AND OFFICE BUILDINGS." Space&FORM 2020, no. 46 (June 24, 2021): 9–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.21005/pif.2021.46.b-01.
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The topic of the paper is determining the impact of an epidemic threat situation on the design of office space and office buildings. The types of actions taken to improve safety are: procedural actions, modifications of technical solutions: architectural and installation and remote work. Solutions in the field of office space architecture include: reducing the density of occupants, introducing partitions, eliminating multi-person offices, using materials that are easy to disinfect and clean, opening windows and installing personal protective equipment dispensers. The installation solutions include air quality improvement, filtration and disinfection systems as well as telecommunication installation systems supervising the use of the building. It can be expected that in the future, technical solutions will be introduced into the designs of buildings and office spaces, which will be a place for meetings, spontaneous interactions, mutual inspiration of employees and strengthening their identification with the employer whereas the ratio of office work places will be lower. The structure of the building is likely to change to a richer commertial part, a co-working part and flexible offices, and a traditional part of office space for lease, but as such office buildings will still be needed.
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Nurrahman, Hafiz, Asep Yudi Permana, and Indah Susanti. "IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SMART BUILDING CONCEPT IN PARAHYANGAN OFFICE RENTAL SPACE AND APARTMENT DESIGN." Journal of Architectural Research and Education 3, no. 1 (May 15, 2021): 31–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/jare.v3i1.23870.
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The design of Parahyangan Office Rental Space and Apartment is intended to create offices and residential areas that accommodate business and residential functions with the concept of smart building applied to various aspects of architectural design. Parahyangan Office Rental Space and Apartment is the offices and residential areas that accommodate the needs of community in Kota Baru Parahyangan, not only in business activities but also in residence. In this area, the offices become a place for business and economic activities for the people of Kota Baru Parahyangan and its surroundings. Moreover, the offices also become the biggest business center and office center in Kota Baru Parahyangan and/or Bandung Regency and its surroundings. Meanwhile, the residential areas are the place for the emergence of vertical residential needs in Kota Baru Parahyangan. The Smart building concept is chosen because of the need for efficiency in activities. Living in urban areas requires a high level of mobility and movement, which can be supported using the smart building concept. The system of buildings, in which the occupants live and do their activities, can be set through the intelligent building, so that residents can allocate their time and energy to other things. Smart building can also generate comfortable, productive, and simpler life for residents of the building.Keywords: Smart Building, Office, Residence
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Kelecsényi, Kristóf Zoltán, and Ágnes Gyetvainé Balogh. "On-site Architects' Offices in Major Construction Projects of Budapest in the Second Half of the 19th Century." Periodica Polytechnica Architecture 50, no. 1 (May 13, 2019): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.3311/ppar.13256.
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During the 19th century, the most renowned architects considered a permanent presence on the site of their larger construction projects necessary. Some of them even maintained several on-site offices close to their construction sites, where architects and designers were contracted for the duration of the construction. This study presents two on-site offices in detail (office of the Palace of Justice and the Parliament Building) while outlining a further four examples in Budapest (office of the Parish Church of Lipótváros, the Ministry of Agriculture, the enlargement of the Royal Palace and the Technical University).There were three practices used to settle these offices: I. using an older building, before its demolition, near the site; II. in a temporary building set up for this purpose; III. in rented rooms in the surrounding buildings. Examples for the use of existing buildings are the building of the Palace of Justice (A. Hauszmann), the extension of the Royal Palace (A. Hauszmann) and the building of the campus of the Royal Joseph University (A. Hauszmann, Gy. Czigler, S. Pecz). St. Stephen's Basilica (M. Ybl), the Parliament (I. Steindl) and the Krisztinaváros wing of the Royal Palace (M. Ybl, A. Hauszmann) are examples where newly constructed buildings were used, and we assume rented apartments as on-site offices in the case of the Opera House (M. Ybl) and the Museum of Applied Arts (Ödön Lechner). The large public building's on-site offices have great significance in architectural history as well as being theoretical and practical workshops.
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Oktavia, Tantri, L. M. F. Purwanto, and K. A. Arif. "Retrofits of multi-storey office building facade." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1351, no. 1 (May 1, 2024): 012014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1351/1/012014.
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Abstract The city of Jakarta is the 7th big city in the world that has the most high-rise buildings. High-rise buildings in Jakarta were built from 1971 until now and in the 90s it was the peak of the construction of high-rise buildings such as offices and apartment. Tall Buildings with glass facade, concentrating plans are the most typology of office high-rise buildings in Jakarta. Buildings with the dominance of glass facade that reflect heat cause an increase in temperature in the microclimate and a decrease in building performance resulting in the amount of energy used by buildings, especially air conditioners. Building facade play an important role in reducing the improvement of the microclimate and energy use in buildings. Therefore, an analysis was carried out on the BRI II building on Jalan Sudirman Jakarta as a case study that represents the typology of the most office buildings in Jakarta. It turns out that this building has a high OTTV (Overall Thermal Transfer Value) value, so the largest AC cooling load comes from the building casing. Therefore, facade retrofit is one of the alternatives that can be done to reduce energy use, especially air conditioning. After that, a simulation of the casing retrofit to obtain a significant retrofit action can reduce the AC energy used through ottv value reduction analysis.
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Simons, Robert, Spenser Robinson, and Eunkyu Lee. "Green Office Buildings: A Qualitative Exploration of Green Office Building Attributes." Journal of Sustainable Real Estate 6, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 211–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10835547.2014.12091866.
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Gindi, Salwa El, Ahmed Reda Abdin, and Ayman Hassan. "Building integrated Photovoltaic Retrofitting in office buildings." Energy Procedia 115 (June 2017): 239–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.05.022.
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Tan, Xian Yun, Norhayati Mahyuddin, and Suzaini Mohamed Zaid. "Efficacy of Energy Conservation Measures and Building Energy Intensity of a Multi-Building Complex in Malaysia." E3S Web of Conferences 396 (2023): 03004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202339603004.
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As Malaysia continues to develop at a fast pace, the number of buildings in this country rapidly increases. Commercial buildings which include office buildings are one of the three major energy consuming sectors, which includes industrial and transportation sectors. Most Malaysian government office buildings tend to consume energy inefficiently due to lack of energy optimization. This study aims to analyse the energy performance as well as the factors that influence energy consumption in government office buildings. The chosen buildings for this case study are six government office buildings located in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. In this study, literature review has been conducted on the common factors affecting energy consumption in office buildings. The energy consumption data of the buildings were collected and analysed by comparison among the buildings and the SketchUp software. The Building Energy Intensity (BEI) of each building was also calculated using the formula in MS 1525:2019. Literature review and results from the case study show that air-conditioning system is the major energy consumer in office buildings, followed by lighting system while other office equipment consumed the least energy. The findings also highlight that energy consumption in office buildings is affected by non-design factors such as building occupants’ behaviour, number of building occupants, outdoor temperature as well as passive design factors such as building orientation and window-to-wall ratio. Recommendations were derived based on the findings from literature review and the case study for best practices to optimize energy consumption in government office buildings in Malaysia.
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Artan, D., E. Ergen, I. Tekçe, and N. Yilmaz. "Influence of Office Building Design on Occupant Satisfaction." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1101, no. 6 (November 1, 2022): 062028. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1101/6/062028.
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Abstract The objective of this study is to examine the influence of building design on office occupants by analysing empirical data on their satisfaction levels and prevalent complaints. A methodology involving literature review, expert interviews, and a field survey with 308 office employees was adopted to acquire the empirical data. The findings reveal that office occupants think Amount of Space as the most important parameter, followed by Layout, and Furniture. On the other hand, occupants are least satisfied by Amount of Space, followed by Interior Design and Layout. Insufficient social areas, insufficient work space, and layout of the work environment, distraction caused by human circulation due to office layout, and ergonomics of the furniture are the most common complaints. The results show that average importance level in each building design parameter is higher than or equal to the average satisfaction level. The largest gap between the perceived importance and satisfaction appears in Amount of Space and Layout. The results are expected to provide insight to designers, facility managers, and renovators of office buildings on how office occupants perceive office building design and frequent complaints encountered in the offices.
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Chaerani, Eva Yunadia, and Amrie Firmansyah. "Kebijakan Dan Penerapan Green Building Di Indonesia: Suatu Tinjauan." Jurnalku 4, no. 1 (March 1, 2024): 68–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.54957/jurnalku.v4i1.674.
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This research aims to discuss green office policies and implementation in Indonesia. Green Office is a system that focuses on the efficient use of resources in office management. This research was conducted using qualitative methods with a literature review approach. The literature review included regulatory studies, journal articles, and news related to implementing green offices. Based on the research results, it was concluded that in Indonesia, green offices have been widely implemented but are still focused on urban areas. The implementation of green offices still has many challenges to be realized on a massive scale in Indonesia. Therefore, strategic, comprehensive and integrated policies are needed to implement green offices in Indonesia. This research completes a literature review on government policies relating to sustainability issues in Indonesia. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk membahas kebijakan dan penerapan green office di Indonesia. Green office merupakan suatu sistem yang berfokus pada efisiensi penggunaan sumber daya pada pengelolaan perkantoran. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan literature review. Literature review yang dilakukan mencakup telaah regulasi, artikel jurnal, dan berita terkait penerapan green office. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian disimpulkan bahwa di Indonesia, green office telah banyak di lakukan, namun masih berpusat pada area perkotaan. Penerapan green office masih memiliki banyak tantangan untuk bisa diwujudkan secara masif di Indonesia. Oleh karena itu, kebijakan yang strategis, menyeluruh, serta terintegrasi dibutuhkan untuk menerapkan green office secara menyeluruh di Indonesia. Penelitian ini melengkapi ulasan literatur yang berkaitan dengan kebijakan Pemerintah yang berkaitan dengan isu keberlanjutan di Indonesia.
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Matsumoto, S., T. Nitta, T. Komuro, and M. Ibuka. "Recent Office Building." Concrete Journal 56, no. 9 (2018): 744–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.3151/coj.56.9_744.
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Tezel, Ecem, and Heyecan Giritli. "Understanding pro-environmental workplace behavior: a comparative study." Facilities 37, no. 9/10 (July 1, 2019): 669–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/f-12-2017-0134.
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Purpose This paper aims to fulfill the gap in existing knowledge of determinants of pro-environmental behavior (PEB) in the workplace and the influence of sustainability certificates on occupants’ PEBs in workplace settings. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey with a total of 95 respondents from both certified and noncertified office buildings was conducted. Two independent sample comparisons were executed to understand the influence of sustainable building certificates on occupants’ environmental values, beliefs, awareness and PEBs. Findings Ecocentric value, belief and awareness were found as the predictors of pro-environmental workplace behavior. Certified office occupants showed higher awareness about buildings’ environmentally oriented characteristics. Despite higher awareness, certified office occupants revealed less PEB compared to those who work in noncertified office buildings. Originality/value This study determined the influencing factors on PEBs in workplaces and PEB differences between certified and noncertified building occupants. Less PEBs of occupants in certified offices signify the misperception of individuals about sustainable buildings and the need for more informative training about sustainability issues in the society. This result also draws academic attention to sustainable building evaluation practices and provides certain insights for more occupant integrated evaluation alternative for sustainable buildings.
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Tavakoli, Sara, Wipa Loengbudnark, Melissa Eklund, Alexey Voinov, and Kaveh Khalilpour. "Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Energy Consumption in Office Buildings: A Case Study of an Australian University Campus." Sustainability 15, no. 5 (February 27, 2023): 4240. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15054240.
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Building energy management, in terms of both adopted technologies and occupant consumption behaviour, is becoming an essential element of sustainability and climate change mitigation programs. The global COVID-19 pandemic and the consequential lockdowns and remote working had a notable impact on office building operations and provided a unique opportunity for building energy consumption studies. This paper investigates the COVID-19 effects on energy consumption in office buildings, particularly in the education sector. We studied different buildings at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) campus before and during the pandemic period. The results demonstrate that the changes in energy consumption due to COVID-19 in different UTS faculties are not as strongly correlated with occupant activity. The comparison shows that buildings with administrative offices or classrooms are easier to switch to a remote-working mode than those housing laboratories and special equipment. During weekends, public holidays, or conditions requiring working from home, the per capita energy consumption increases significantly translating into lower energy efficiency. Our findings highlight the essential need for some changes in office building energy management systems. We provide recommendations for office and commercial buildings in general to deal with similar crises and to reduce energy overconsumption in normal situations.
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Marzuki, Irfanuddin Wahid. "POLA KELETAKAN BANGUNAN INDIS DI KOTA GORONTALO." Berkala Arkeologi 35, no. 1 (May 25, 2015): 79–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.30883/jba.v35i1.40.
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Indies buildings in Gorontalo are spread within several areas, namely Ipilo, Biawao, and Tenda. These buildings serve as offices, houses, schools, hotels, religious building, and shop. Research on indies buildings in Gorontalo aims to find its locational pattern and to determine the relationship among those buildings. This research uses descriptive method with an inductive approach. Analysis of the data using the nearest neighbour analysis. The results showed a locational pattern of Indies buildings are clustered around the square. Based on their function, houses, and hotel are clustered, while school and office buildings are randomly located. The relationship between the building relates to the function of each building. Residential and office buildings are located adjacent to the effectiveness. School buildings are spread to facilitate access to people living in all parts of the town. Religious building is located in the center to facilitate access from every direction, and shops are clustered adjacent to the market as the economic center.
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Marzuki, Irfanuddin Wahid. "LOCATIONAL PATTERN OF INDIES BUILDINGS IN GORONTALO." Berkala Arkeologi 35, no. 1 (February 25, 2016): 79. http://dx.doi.org/10.24832/berkalaarkeologi.v35i1.40.
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Indies buildings in Gorontalo are spread within several areas, namely Ipilo, Biawao, and Tenda. These buildings serve as offices, houses, schools, hotels, religious building, and shop. Research on indies buildings in Gorontalo aims to find its locational pattern and to determine the relationship among those buildings. This research uses descriptive method with an inductive approach. Analysis of the data using the nearest neighbour analysis. The results showed a locational pattern of Indies buildings are clustered around the square. Based on their function, houses, and hotel are clustered, while school and office buildings are randomly located. The relationship between the building relates to the function of each building. Residential and office buildings are located adjacent to the effectiveness. School buildings are spread to facilitate access to people living in all parts of the town. Religious building is located in the center to facilitate access from every direction, and shops are clustered adjacent to the market as the economic center.
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Kızılorenli, Ecenur, and Ebru Alakavuk. "Examining the Daylighting Performance of Office Buildings on the Example of the Rectorate Building in Izmir." Light & Engineering, no. 06-2021 (December 2021): 53–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.33383/2021-004.
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The efficient use of energy resources has affected all areas of life, as well as architecture. There are many ways to increase energy efficiency in buildings. Supporting the efficient use of daylight in the design process, reducing the energy to be used for artificial illumination and reducing heating costs are among the applications that support energy efficiency. The issue of supporting daylighting by reducing artificial illumination draws attention, especially in office buildings, due to the high number of hours used during the day. Insufficient light and lack of visual comfort in offices used during the day increase the consumption of electrical energy. Within the scope of this study, a parametric study was conducted to optimize the daylighting performance of an office building. For this purpose, rectorate building of a university, which is used as an office building, was selected for the case study, and the daylight condition of this building was examined. For increasing the daylighting performance of the building some revisions were proposed. Results of this research are discussed with visuals and simulation values.
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Markiewicz-Zahorski, Przemysław, Joanna Rucińska, Małgorzata Fedorczak-Cisak, and Michał Zielina. "Building Energy Performance Analysis after Changing Its Form of Use from an Office to a Residential Building." Energies 14, no. 3 (January 22, 2021): 564. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14030564.
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Lowering energy consumption is one of the most important challenges of the modern world. Since the construction sector accounts for 40% of total energy consumption worldwide, the Parliament of the European Union has developed a Directive, according to which all newly designed and thermally upgraded buildings should meet the requirements of almost zero energy demand (nZEBs) from 1 January 2021. At the same time, in Poland, but also in many other countries in the world, there is a growing oversupply of office space in large cities with a simultaneous increase in demand for apartments, which is caused, among other things, by the increase in the share of remote work and the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, this is forcing owners to change the use of buildings from office to residential. This article analyses the possibilities of changing the function of an office building to a multi-family residential building. For both functional solutions, a comparative energy analysis was carried out, taking into account different work schedules and the requirements for new buildings with zero energy demand. The analyses have shown that changing the form of use of an office building to a multi-family building without significant financial and technical costs is possible. On the other hand, the reverse change of the form of use is much more difficult and, in many cases, practically impossible. Due to the fact that many offices are now multinational corporations, this issue is global.
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Pratiwi, Dinda, Dani Nasirul Haqi, and Herman Bagus Dwicahyo. "Implementation of Occupational Health and Safety Standards for Office Buildings in Universitas Airlangga Rectorate Building." Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health 11, no. 2 (August 1, 2022): 224–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/ijosh.v11i2.2022.224-238.
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Introduction: Universitas Airlangga office building rectorate includes a high-rise building that must have occupational health and safety (OHS) facilities and also its application must be in accordance with office building standards which applies to prevent accidents and occupational diseases. This study aims to determine OHS office buildings rectorate facilities, and to analyze OHS standards application for office buildings rectorate with applicable OHS office building standards. Methods: This research is an observational study. Data analysis using descriptive method with a cross sectional study design. The variables studied were OHS office building facilities in Universitas Airlangga Rectorate, and OHS standard application for in Universitas Airlangga office buildings rectorate. Data collection techniques are derived from primary data in OHS observations form facilities in office buildings and secondary data in agency documents form. Results: Work safety facilities include fire extinguishers, hydrants, evacuation routes, evacuation plans, gathering points, first aid kits. emergency stairs, safety sign. Occupational health facilities include health promotion media, workforce health checks, and lactation rooms. Office work environment health facilities include toilets and hand washing facilities. Then office ergonomics facilities include cushions for employee work chairs. Conclusion: The facilities are in accordance with Republic of Indonesia Health Minister Regulation Number 48 of 2016 concerning Office OHS Standards which include occupational safety application, occupational health, and office environmental health standards and office ergonomics. The implementation of OHS standards for office buildings at in Universitas Airlangga Rectorate, such as occupational safety, occupational health, office work environment health, and office ergonomics standards have been implemented and carried out.
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Prastowo, Ferdiansyah Ibnu, Albert Eddy Husin, and Nur Amalia. "Improving Project Performance Based on Building Information Modelling 6D & LCCA in High-Rise Office Building." ASTONJADRO 12, no. 2 (April 24, 2023): 368–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.32832/astonjadro.v12i2.8787.
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Of the total 5.9 million existing buildings, the Office occupies the 2nd position of the most types of buildings with 16% of the Total Total. The least used aspect of BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the ability to obtain building energy models using the 6D BIM methodology. This digital information model is to simulate building energy and improve building energy systems. In this way, 6D BIM simulation allows us to make building design and operational decisions. In the case of increased energy, which leads to greater quality and comfort in the sustainable use of buildings. This issue has a special relationship in public buildings. Where energy efficiency and comfort are two fundamental criteria that are highly valued by society. Once the building's energy model is prepared, it will study and identify possible ones to improve energy efficiency, as well as analyze the incorporation of other, more efficient forms of renewable energy such as the use of natural light. From this research, "10 factors that affect cost performance in Office Building Projects" Maintenance costs, Use of Photovoltaic Solar Panel Materia, Model Obyetifiability, Office Equipment (TV, Computer, Printer etc.), Use of refrigen without ODP, Use of Elevators, Initial cost of retrofit, Materia Façade, Environmentally friendly materials.
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Zuo, Jian, Bo Xia, Qing Chen, Stephen Pullen, and Martin Skitmore. "GREEN BUILDING RATING FOR OFFICE BUILDINGS – LESSONS LEARNED." Journal of Green Building 11, no. 2 (March 2016): 131–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.11.2.131.1.
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Office buildings constitute a significant proportion of the non-residential building stock. In recent years, various rating tools have been developed to foster green office building development. The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has developed the Green Star - Office rating tools for this purpose. There are an increasing number of stakeholders adopting these tools to showcase their efforts in sustainable development. This research focuses on the challenges and barriers in obtaining GBCA ratings in Australian Office buildings. To accomplish this, the scoring sheets from the rating of 264 certified office buildings were collected and critically analysed. The findings indicated that credits related to the attributes of innovation, ecology and energy are comparatively difficult to achieve. It was also found in this study that a large number of projects did not apply for the specific credits of refrigerant global warming potential, re-use of façade, topsoil and fill removal from site, and individual comfort control. This study provides a useful reference to both the property developer and the Green Building Council of Australia for green building developments in the future. In particular, the findings provide useful inputs to the development of the next generation of green building rating tools.
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Deisi Grasye Porajow, Regina, M. D. J. Sumajouw, and Isri R. Mangangka. "Analysis of Green Building Implementation in the Southeast Minahasa Regent's Office Building Based on the Greenship Existing Building Rating Tool." ARRUS Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities 3, no. 4 (August 7, 2023): 479–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.35877/soshum1946.
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Southeast Minahasa Regency increase the construction of infrastructure and buildings in every year. This development certainly resulted in major changes in the surrounding environment. This is the basis for this study to evaluate the Southeast Minahasa Regent's Office building based on the Greenship Existing Building. This research aims to evaluate the implementation of green buildings in the Southeast Minahasa Regent's Office building, then provide recommendations for improvements in aspects that have yet to be achieved without changing the structural and architectural aspects of the building. Based on the evaluation results of six aspects in the Greenship Existing Building version 1.1 criteria, Southeast Minahasa Regent’s Office building received a total score of 18 points or 15.38% of a maximum of 117 points. Thus, the Southeast Minahasa Regent's Office building does not meet the criteria as a green building concept, and it is necessary to provide recommendations in order to meet the green building criteria.
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Li, Zhaoji, Shihong Peng, Weiguang Cai, Shuangping Cao, Xia Wang, Rui Li, and Xianrui Ma. "Impacts of Building Microenvironment on Energy Consumption in Office Buildings: Empirical Evidence from the Government Office Buildings in Guangdong Province, China." Buildings 13, no. 2 (February 10, 2023): 481. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020481.
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Social progress and economic development has resulted in the need to focus on the impacts of building microenvironment on the energy consumption in office buildings. The concept of a building’s microenvironment was introduced to understand the local microclimate around a building that is formed by the surrounding urban green spaces, the distribution of roads, and building proximity. For this research, we adopted a regression analysis to quantify the impacts of building microenvironment on energy consumption in office buildings. Taking the government office buildings of Guangdong Province as an example, we measured the building microenvironment through the urban green space density, road density, and number of points of interest (POI) around the buildings. The results showed that when the green space density increased by one unit, the energy consumption in government office buildings was reduced by 0.277%. Moreover, an increase of 1% in road density and in the number of POI increased the energy consumption in government office buildings by 0.288% and 0.048%, respectively. Furthermore, we discussed the heterogeneous impacts of building microenvironment on the energy consumption in government office buildings at varying scale levels. Green space and road density had less impact on the energy consumption in larger buildings, whereas the number of POI had no significant impact on small-scale buildings but did have a significant impact on large-scale buildings. There were also some limitations in the study. The data were limited to government office buildings, and did not include panel data, as well as it lacked building characteristics such as orientation, floor height, and building materials. In addition, it was impossible to evaluate the impacts of meteorological factors such as wind speed and thermal radiation on energy consumption in buildings. Nonetheless, our study demonstrates that energy-aware urban planning and design have the potential to unlock energy efficiency for cities worldwide.
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Dubois, Marc. "Gaston Eysselinck and his Masterpiece. The Post Office Building in Ostend (1945-1953)." Designing Modern Life, no. 46 (2012): 60–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.52200/46.a.e80sy5ct.
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The city of Ostend became severely damaged during World War II. Practically all the main public buildings were destroyed: the City Hall, the Casino, the Horse Race–Track, the main Post Office building, etc. The city decided to rebuild a new Post Office on the location of the first construction. In 1945, architect Gaston Eysselinck (1907–1953) from Ghent was assigned to design the new main Post Office (PTT), including the telephone and telegraph offices (RTT) and the technical infrastructure. The project in Ostend was his first big assignment.
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Ness, M. C., I. Andresen, and T. Kleiven. "Building Bioclimatic Design in cold climate office buildings." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 352 (October 31, 2019): 012066. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/352/1/012066.
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Su, Tzu Ching, and Hsien Te Lin. "Electricity Consumption Benchmark and Ranking System for Office Buildings in Taiwan." Applied Mechanics and Materials 71-78 (July 2011): 2352–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.71-78.2352.
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Energy use intensity (EUI) is a significant index for energy management in the building sector; however, previous research that determined an EUI benchmark for a type of building resulted in serious problems. Such earlier EUI benchmarks cannot fairly evaluate office buildings with different proportions of parking areas and different numbers of floors, becoming an obstacle for energy management. Therefore, this study proposes an area-weighted office building EUI benchmark that calculates according to office areas and parking areas. This study subsequently surveys the electricity consumption of 58 office buildings in Taiwan to determine the office area EUI benchmark that depends on the number of floors in a building, and suggests a reasonable parking area EUI benchmark. Finally, this study promotes a fairer EUI benchmark and ranking system for office buildings in Taiwan. Such a benchmark and ranking system act as a reference for the promotion of the building energy certificate system in Taiwan.
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Chen, Hong, Wei Luo, Fengbing Zhao, Limei Geng, and Shiyun Cheng. "Research on Green Design Strategy of Office Building." E3S Web of Conferences 271 (2021): 02011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202127102011.
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Green building design refers to reducing the energy consumption of buildings through the use of energy-saving and environmentally-friendly technologies during the design and construction of buildings. The consumption of water resources and electric energy in office buildings is significantly higher than that of ordinary residential buildings, which has a greater impact on the environment during the construction process. Therefore, the use of green building design in the design of office buildings plays an important role in reducing building energy consumption. This article takes an office building in Chongqing as an example to explain the green optimization design and provide support for subsequent related constructions.
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Halvitigala, Dulani, and Richard G. Reed. "Identifying adaptive strategies employed by office building investors." Property Management 33, no. 5 (October 19, 2015): 478–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pm-10-2014-0041.
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Purpose – With strategies including flexible work practices, tenants are increasingly seeking flexibility in their physical office space and layouts. The purpose of this paper is to examine to what extent investors address tenants’ changing demand for office space with reference to layouts in new and existing office buildings. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative study comprising in-depth individual interviews with senior portfolio managers of all listed property trusts investing in the office sector in New Zealand was undertaken. Findings – The findings confirmed property investors incorporate several adaptive and flexible space design and specifications in their modern office buildings to enhance space flexibility and functional efficiency. These include adaptive building structures, efficient floor plates, flexible building services, advanced IT networking, high-quality building amenities and modern building materials. Building structures and layouts are designed to be modified quickly and cost effectively to address tenants’ changing needs. Implications affecting tenant demand for flexible spaces on their lease contracts were also identified. Research limitations/implications – The findings from this research have implications for management of office space. Although the data were sourced with reference to buildings located in New Zealand only, the findings are applicable to office buildings in other countries. Practical implications – The study provides an insight into design strategies adopted in modern office buildings to enhance space flexibility and functional efficiency. These findings are of practical application to professionals involved in the design, development, investment and valuation of modern office buildings. Originality/value – The paper provides in-depth insights into how investors meet tenants’ changing demand for physical space which is linked to delivering improved and stable market-driven returns to investors.
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Alfatihanti, Aviva Cantika, Yusuf Latief, and Bernadette Detty Kussumardianadewi. "Risk analysis and investment feasibility for green retrofits in high-rise office buildings using the life cycle cost method." Management Science Letters 15, no. 1 (2025): 11–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.5267/j.msl.2024.4.002.
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Greenhouse gases (GHGs) have caused extreme temperature changes. In January 2023, temperatures were 0.1°C higher than the normal 30-year monthly average. Construction, especially high-rise offices, which occupy 42% of Jakarta, contributes significantly through energy con-Sumption. To reduce carbon emissions, Indonesia has started to implement green retrofits as part of the Net Zero Emission 2050. Due to high costs and lack of public education on new and existing green buildings, the implementation of green retrofits is inhibited, and owners prefer conventional buildings. This research aims to analyze the feasibility and investment risk of implementing green retrofits in high-rise office buildings using the life cycle cost method and the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Regulation No. 21 of 2021 to generate a feasible and safe in-vestment. It has been proven with cost savings in energy and water consumption of up to 15% compared to conventional office buildings. Profits have also been achieved by providing 9 benefits to the building owner, building manager and building occupants. Therefore, this research has the potential to accelerate the green revolution through feasible and safe green retrofit investments in Jakarta's office buildings.
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Al-Tamimi, Nedhal. "Building Envelope Retrofitting Strategies for Energy-Efficient Office Buildings in Saudi Arabia." Buildings 12, no. 11 (November 5, 2022): 1900. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12111900.
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is working to establish cities based on the economy and attract investments such as Neom and The Line. Moreover, at the beginning of 2021, the Saudi government announced that it will stop dealing with foreign companies that establish regional offices outside the country, starting from the beginning of the year 2024. These acts will contribute to strengthening the presence of office buildings significantly. However, the biggest challenge is the inefficient energy design and operation of the existing office buildings in an overheated environment. Therefore, improving the thermal performance of existing office buildings has become a priority for sustainable development. This study aims to evaluate the current scenario of energy performance in Saudi governmental office buildings. One of the most important strategies of the Kingdom’s vision 2030 regards energy conservation. In support of the aim of this research, the annual electric energy bill of the Agricultural Development Fund building in Najran has been collected and analyzed. Accordingly, the analyses were carried out to evaluate the improvement in energy consumption through retrofitting the building envelope. DesignBuilder simulation program was used to investigate the effects of different retrofitting strategies of the building envelope in terms of changing the type of window’s glass, adding thermal insulation layers, and applying egg-crate shading devices. The results reported that applying a combination of those strategies reduced total energy consumption by 26.81% compared with the current base case.
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Ezema, I. C., and S. A. Maha. "Energy Efficiency in High-rise Office Buildings: An Appraisal of its Adoption in Lagos, Nigeria." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1054, no. 1 (September 1, 2022): 012037. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1054/1/012037.
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Abstract High-rise office buildings are naturally energy-intensive as energy is required in large quantities to run modern building services and to power equipment needed for a hitch-free operation of the buildings. It was found in studied literature that maintaining good indoor environmental quality through air-conditioning, lighting and powering of office equipment contribute the most to an office building’s total energy consumption. Hence, over time, various strategies have been employed to reduce the intense energy demand in high-rise office buildings. This paper adopted the use of both literature review and case study methods. The paper identifies the key energy efficiency strategies that have been successfully deployed in high-rise office buildings using the literature review approach. Also, case studies were conducted on three relatively new high-rise office buildings in Lagos, Nigeria by evaluating them against the background of the best practices in energy efficiency. The study found that deployment of energy efficiency strategies in high-rise office buildings in the study area is still very low especially in the areas of building orientation, building envelope design and the use of renewable energy. However, the use of day-lighting techniques and sustainable lighting systems are quite prominent in the office buildings studied. The study underscores the need to make high-rise office buildings more sustainable through energy efficiency strategies across the whole building life cycle of design, construction, use and end of life.
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Niemierka, Elżbieta, and Piotr Jadwiszczak. "Cross-building cooling-to-heating energy transfer." E3S Web of Conferences 100 (2019): 00056. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201910000056.
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Nowadays office buildings are faced with high and long-term cooling demand with grate heat recovery potential. In low heating demand office buildings not all of recoverable excess heat can be utilised, so it forces to search the consumers beyond the energetic boundary of office building. One of more promising way is supplying residential building by excess heat to meet the space heating and domestic hot water demands. Proposed cross-building cooling-to-heating energy flow allows transferring and utilizing excess heat from office building in residential as a useful heat. This solution creates the flexible and sustainable environment and meets the energy challenges of the future, in line with current energy trends and policy.
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Azmi, Siti Haizan, Hamimah Adnan, Mohamad Sufian Hasim, Arniatul Aiza Mustapha, and Wan Norizan Wan Ismail. "Contractual Behavior of Key Participant in Managing Green Office Building Projects." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1067, no. 1 (October 1, 2022): 012030. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1067/1/012030.
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Abstract In order to improve the performance of green office building projects, proper contractual behaviour of key participants is perceived as one of the best initiatives, given that it serves as the primary function in guiding the smooth management of green office building projects. This paper aims to identify the criteria in managing green office building projects. It was found that this reports on the results of the content analysis which collected data on design and features of green office building implemented by the designers. A list of GBI -Certified Green Office Buildings under New Construction Category in Malaysia was assessed. Five (5) numbers of office buildings in Klang Valley and Putrajaya area were selected to present features of green office buildings applied by the designer to fulfil the green building criteria hence achieving GBI certification. The features of each green building obtained from various relevant websites were compiled based on the six (6) criteria listed under GBI. Though the system and materials might be slightly different from one green buildings to another, there are similarities in terms design principal; by incorporating advanced green technologies, sustainable energy solutions, innovative energy management systems and rainwater harvesting systems into the design. Thorough consideration has been given by the project team to produce a building that is environmentally, socially and economically friendly. This is achieved by enhancing good passive designs and integrating active (mechanical and electrical) design and system to deliver and to offer significant long-term comfort and savings for the building owners and occupants.
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Yoshida, Yoshiyuki. "Office building and atrium." JOURNAL OF THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF JAPAN 74, no. 1 (1990): 29–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.2150/jieij1980.74.1_29.
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Elfira, Yuda, Zia Faizurrahmany El Faridy, and Riza Aulia Putra. "Identifikasi Konsep Arsitektur Tradisional Aceh Pada Bangunan Pemerintahan di Banda Aceh (Studi Kasus: Kantor Gubernur Aceh)." Bayt ElHikmah: Journal of Islamic Architecture and Locality 1, no. 1 (November 23, 2023): 40–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.22373/jial.v1i1.3776.
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Abstract. Nowadays, there are many new office buildings built in Aceh, thus are for supporting the public service functions carried out by the Government of Aceh. The design of a government office building is a representation of the Government or a region. According to Saiful Anwar (2016), the Aceh Governor's office is one of the buildings that applies local Acehnese wisdom, namely elements from traditional Aceh houses (Rumoh Aceh). The Aceh Governor's office was built in 1990 and initially consisted of six building blocks, two of the building of this office complex were damaged by the tsunami in 2004 and then renovated afterward. Since the beginning, the Governor's office has undergone several changes and renovations due to the disaster, and during the renovation process adjustments were also made to the needs and functions of the building. The researcher aims to examine how traditional architectural values are applied to the Aceh Governor's Office Building in the current situation. The research was conducted by using the observation and interview methodologies. The variables being studied from the design of the Aceh Governor's Office are the physical elements of the building such as plans, orientation, appearance, carvings, and other finishing elements. The results of the study provide an illustration that the Aceh Governor's Office Building is a reflection of the combination of the values of Traditional Acehnese Architecture and Modern Architecture that developed in Aceh in the early days of this building being built. However, this study also found that there were two masses of buildings that had undergone renovation after the Tsunami disaster in 2004 that did not apply Acehnese architecture at all in their designs.
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Ohueri, Chukwuka Christian, Wallace Imoudu Enegbuma, and Russell Kenley. "Energy efficiency practices for Malaysian green office building occupants." Built Environment Project and Asset Management 8, no. 2 (May 14, 2018): 134–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bepam-10-2017-0091.
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Purpose Green building construction was adopted as a strategy to reduce energy consumption and the overall impact of the built environment on our natural environment. However, in Malaysia, previous studies have reaffirmed that green office buildings consume a substantial amount of energy, compared to their counterparts in Singapore. Moreover, there is still a significant performance gap between predicted energy measurements and actual operational energy consumption of green office buildings in Malaysia, due to occupants’ behavioural discrepancies. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to develop energy efficiency practices for occupants of green office buildings in Malaysia. The developed practices integrate technology, organisation policy, and occupants’ behavioural strategies, in order to reduce the energy consumption of green office buildings in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach To achieve the research goal, a mixed (quantitative and qualitative) research method was used to collect data from the research population. In total, 53 respondents working in a green office building complex in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia were surveyed using a questionnaire. Additionally, three top management staff of the green office building and two Malaysian construction professionals were interviewed. The study adopted convenience sampling technique in selecting the research respondents. The data from the questionnaire were analysed using SPSS software (version 22) while the interview data were analysed via thematic content analysis. Findings The findings suggest that the integration of technological strategy (use of BIM tools, sustainable building materials, etc.); organisational strategy (develop, implement and evaluate action plans, use of monitor/control systems, etc.); and occupants behavioural strategy (training, incentives, occupants energy efficiency guide, etc.) will critically reduce energy consumption of green office buildings in Malaysia. Originality/value Based on the findings, energy efficiency practices are developed to guide occupants in reducing the energy consumption of green office buildings in Malaysia. This strategy will contribute to reducing the performance gap that exists between predicted energy and actual energy use of green office buildings in Malaysia. However, the developed energy efficiency practices need to be validated to ascertain its workability in the green office building context.
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Jailani, Junaidah, Richard Reed, and Kimberley James. "Examining the perception of tenants in sustainable office buildings." Property Management 33, no. 4 (August 17, 2015): 386–404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pm-05-2014-0022.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address two major challenges faced by sustainable building owners: first, address the gap between an occupant’s expectations of sustainable building outcomes and what the building actually provides and second, overcome the lack of user knowledge about sustainability design and operation for a particular with regards to performance. Design/methodology/approach – This study used a focus group approach to investigate the gap between: user expectations and sustainable building performance. The study surveyed occupants of sustainable office buildings in Melbourne, Australia. Findings – There is no significant relationship between users’ expectations and users’ experience of sustainable building performance and users’ knowledge about sustainability and the building they were worked in. Research limitations/implications – The research was limited to sustainable office buildings. New office buildings seeking to incorporate sustainability which need to focus on the needs of tenants in order to maximise value. Practical implications – There is an urgent need to ensure sustainable office buildings meet the needs of present and future occupiers without compromising short and long-term occupier satisfaction levels with regards to sustainability and operation of the building. Social implications – Increasing the level of sustainability in office buildings has been a major trend over the past decade however the tenants need to be consulted in the post-occupancy phase. Originality/value – Little attention has been given in the property management literature to sustainable office buildings and value drivers. This is an original and innovative study, partly due to the recent developments in sustainable buildings.
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Noubissie Tientcheu, Simplice Igor, Shyama P. Chowdhury, and Thomas O. Olwal. "Intelligent Energy Management Strategy for Automated Office Buildings." Energies 12, no. 22 (November 13, 2019): 4326. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12224326.
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The increasing demand to reduce the high consumption of end-use energy in office buildings framed the objective of this work, which was to design an intelligent system management that could be utilized to minimize office buildings’ energy consumption from the national electricity grid. Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and lighting are the two main consumers of electricity in office buildings. Advanced automation and control systems for buildings and their components have been developed by researchers to achieve low energy consumption in office buildings without considering integrating the load consumed and the Photovoltaic system (PV) input to the controller. This study investigated the use of PV to power the HVAC and lighting equipped with a suitable control strategy to improve energy saving within a building, especially in office buildings where there are reports of high misuse of electricity. The intelligent system was modelled using occupant activities, weather condition changes, load consumed and PV energy changes, as input to the control system of lighting and HVAC. The model was verified and tested using specialized simulation tools (Simulink®) and was subsequently used to investigate the impact of an integrated system on energy consumption, based on three scenarios. In addition, the direct impact on reduced energy cost was also analysed. The first scenario was tested in simulation of four offices building in a civil building in South Africa of a single occupant’s activities, weather conditions, temperature and the simulation resulted in savings of HVAC energy and lighting energy of 13% and 29%, respectively. In the second scenario, the four offices were tested in simulation due to the loads’ management plus temperature and occupancy and it resulted in a saving of 20% of HVAC energy and 29% of lighting electrical energy. The third scenario, which tested integrating PV energy (thus, the approach utilized) with the above-mentioned scenarios, resulted in, respectively, 64% and 73% of HVAC energy and lighting electrical energy saved. This saving was greater than that of the first two scenarios. The results of the system developed demonstrated that the loads’ control and the PV integration combined with the occupancy, weather and temperature control, could lead to a significant saving of energy within office buildings.
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Ahn, Ki, Han Shin, and Cheol Park. "Energy Analysis of 4625 Office Buildings in South Korea." Energies 12, no. 6 (March 22, 2019): 1114. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en12061114.
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relevance of building thermal performance and characteristics to building energy consumption. This paper reports an energy analysis of 4625 office buildings in Seoul, South Korea, using data from the Korean national building energy database and architectural database. The following four research questions were investigated: (1) Do old buildings consume more energy than new ones? (2) Have strict prescriptive building energy codes contributed to the reduction in energy use intensity (EUI, kWh/m2·year) over the past several decades? (3) What are the characteristics of building energy consumption in terms of season, age, and cooling system (electric chiller vs absorption chiller)? (4) Which factors in the Korean building energy database are relevant to building energy consumption? The analyses revealed that, contrary to common assumptions, new buildings did not always consume less energy than old buildings, and it may be wrong to attribute intensification of prescriptive building energy codes directly to building energy efficiency improvements. In addition, the building characteristics (i.e., district, year built, number of floors, number of elevators, and total floor area) available in the Korean building energy database do not adequately explain building energy consumption, and the existing data collection method needs further improvement.
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Kristina, Golub. "EVALUATION CRITERIA OF THE OFFICE BUILDINGS INTELLECTUALITY." Vìsnik Nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu "Lʹvìvsʹka polìtehnìka". Serìâ Arhìtektura 3, no. 1 (June 15, 2021): 39–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.23939/sa2021.01.039.
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The article defines the main criteria of office buildings intelligence, describes the stages of intelligent buildings formation, analyzes the profitability of the introduction of modern technical means (engineering systems) and architectural planning techniques in office buildings. At different stages of civilization, the concept of "technology" defines the path leading to future progress, and the rate of technology change is directly proportional to the rate of progress. Nowadays, artificial intelligence is extremely important for the functioning of modern office buildings, including the impact on the environment, resource conservation, safety, comfort and life support. According to research based on the works of scientists such as Derek Clements-Croome, Mervi Himannen, Akin Adejimi and others, and based on the analysis of intellectual buildings of the world from the 50s of the twentieth century to the present, 4 stages of intelligent buildings formation were identified. At the first stage (1950-1980) of the formation, separate controllers were introduced. At the second stage (1980-1995), the introduction of the "artificial intelligence" - Building Management System (BMS) - was developed and used. At the third stage (from 1995 to 2010) an intelligent building management system (IBMS) was introduced, which can independently identify threats, look for ways to achieve results and make decisions. Starting from 2010, we can highlight the fourth stage of development of the intelligent buildings, in which, in addition to the availability of the intelligent management system (IBMS), it became necessary to use approaches of sustainable architecture. The research results indicate that the office building should be classified as an "intelligent building" if it meets the following criteria: 1. Has artificial intelligence (IBMS), which autonomously manages the building; 2. Has at least 15 thousand information points, in other words, sensors and controllers, through which information is received from controlled engineering systems about the state of equipment and the environment, the state of building structures, etc.; 3. Complies with the principles of sustainable architecture, when planning and architectural techniques can minimize the negative impact of buildings on the environment through energy efficiency. The article proves that the office buildings intelligence is determined by the availability of both technological means and the optimal architectural concept, which minimize the negative impact of buildings on the environment; improve energy efficiency and conditions of the building exploitation. Therefore, further research of intelligent buildings from the point of architectural view is necessary, because a modern office building must be designed with the ability to adapt to rapid changes in technology and human needs.
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Baedeker, Carolin, Julius Piwowar, Philipp Themann, Viktor Grinewitschus, Benjamin Krisemendt, Katja Lepper, Christina Zimmer, and Justus von Geibler. "Interactive Design to Encourage Energy Efficiency in Offices: Developing and Testing a User-Centered Building Management System Based on a Living Lab Approach." Sustainability 12, no. 17 (August 26, 2020): 6956. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12176956.
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Many technical solutions have been developed to enhance the energy efficiency in buildings. However, the actual effectiveness and sustainability of these solutions often do not correspond to expectations because of the missing perspective of design, user’s real needs, and unconsidered negative side effects of their use (rebounds). With the aim to help address these challenges, this paper presents results of a longitudinal living lab study and proposes a user-centered building management system (UC-BMS) as a prototype for office buildings. Based on mixed methods, UC-BMS was co-developed, tested, and evaluated in Germany in up to six office buildings, 85 offices, and within two heating periods. The results demonstrate that such user-oriented approach can save up to 20% of energy while maintaining or even improving comfort and work productivity. The findings show three main areas of intervention and elements of UC-BMS: (1) How interactive design and feedback systems (e.g., air quality) can stimulate ventilation practices and energy efficiency in offices and (2) supporting heating system optimization e.g., by better understanding office behavior. (3) Finally, an office comfort survey was conducted to enable communication between facility management and office users and thus limiting complaints and adapting the heating system towards actual office user needs.
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Isa, Mona, Ibrahim Sipan, Megat Mohamed Ghazali, Ting Kien Hwa, and Jibril D. Jibril. "Green Attributes Affecting Investment Returns for Green Office Buildings." Advanced Materials Research 935 (May 2014): 8–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.935.8.
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Green real estate investment paradigm brings a new investment option to property investors. The green office buildings are gradually replacing the conventional buildings due to the fact that green office building provides better return such as high market value and rental value, high occupancy rate and cost savings. Energy and water efficiency, indoor environmental quality, sustainable site planning and management, materials and resources and innovation are prerequisite green criteria that determine the level of greenness which distinguish it from a non-green office building. This paper discusses the green attributes in office building and its enhancement to return on investment.
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Voss, Karsten, Tjado Voß, and Marvin Kaliga. "Indoor Climate Monitoring in Office Buildings—Comparative Analysis of Two Office Buildings without Air Conditioning." Energies 16, no. 19 (September 24, 2023): 6790. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en16196790.
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Against the background of climate protection and the rising costs of a fossil-fuel-based energy supply, the interest in the energy performance and indoor climate of buildings in real operation is rising. This paper, therefore, deals with the indoor climate investigation of two medium-sized office buildings in Germany by taking measurements over a whole year. These relate to one new building and one refurbished building. Sensors of various types were installed and operated in a large number of office rooms, so that in total results are available for over 100 rooms, typically occupied by one or two persons. The analysis focuses on the indoor temperature in summer and the air quality in winter based on the CO2 concentration. The comfort classes according to DIN EN 16798 including the adaptive comfort approach are used as a basis to cluster the results. Both buildings have movable sun protection and openable windows but no facilities for active cooling. They, thus, represent a large number of existing ‘low tech’ office buildings in Germany and central Europe. The results reflect the respective building concepts but also show a wide range between the rooms due to the user preferences and behaviour. The refurbished building shows better results, especially in terms of air quality but also in terms of summer room temperatures. This underlines the benefit of the targeted measures as a result of an analysis of the deficits in the existing building before the refurbishment. The additional measures for decentralised mechanical ventilation and passive cooling are having positive effects. As part of the projects, further measures to improve the indoor climate were investigated in both buildings. In one case, this involved CO2 traffic lights to stimulate personal window ventilation in winter, and in the other, the use of newly developed individual ceiling fans supports convective heat dissipation on the human body during hot spells in summer. The positive effect could be demonstrated for both measures.
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Aristo, Erly, Nathania Putri Pangestu, and Kristian Pranata. "The Elevation of Building Rights to Ownership Rights in Shophouses and Home Offices After the Enactment of Law Number 11 of 2020 Concerning Job Creation." JURNAL USM LAW REVIEW 7, no. 1 (January 17, 2024): 100. http://dx.doi.org/10.26623/julr.v7i1.8108.
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<p>This research aims to analyze the regulations regarding the elevation of land rights for dual-function residential buildings, specifically shophouses, as stipulated in Government Regulation Number 18 of 2021. The formulated problem statement is about the elevation of building rights for shophouses according to Government Regulation Number 18 of 2021. Beforehand, shophouses and home offices were only classified as buildings with a business function; the building Use rights on shophouses and home offices could not be upgraded to ownership rights. Based on the Decree of the State Minister of Agrarian Affairs/Head of the National Land Agency Number 6 of 1998, it is necessary to upgrade building use rights to ownership rights of buildings with residential functions only, as stated on the Building Construction Permit. This research was conducted using a normative juridical method through a statutory approach and a conceptual approach to see the existing arrangements regarding the issues raised and expert opinions related to these problems. The result of this research is that shophouses and office residences play a dual role, serving both residential and commercial functions. Government Regulation No. 18 of 2021 emphasizes that shophouses and office residences with building rights can be upgraded to full ownership rights upon the rights holder's request by fulfilling the specified requirements.</p>
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Sukarya, Robby Rohman, Ade Yuliana, Yudi Taryana, Hizkia Samuel, and Ferlin Firdaus Turnip. "Analyze application Building Management of The Bank Indonesia representative office West Java." SinkrOn 7, no. 3 (July 20, 2022): 923–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.33395/sinkron.v7i3.11443.
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One of the facilities and assets owned by Bank Indonesia is an official residence intended for permanent employees, office buildings, and other facilities such as borrowing rooms and goods that can be used by employees to support office activities. But in the implementation of maintenance of official houses and office buildings as well as the process of requesting room loan and goods still done manually. Therefore, a Building Management application is needed that can help the maintenance activities of official house buildings and office buildings as well as the process of requesting the loan of rooms and goods. Building Management application is a software that is used for building maintenance and management of all building needs including borrowing space and goods in an office building. This study aims to accelerate the process of requesting repairs to official office buildings and office buildings as well as borrowing rooms and goods. In addition, this application also generates automatic report recording output. The method in this study use V-Model is an extension of the waterfall model and is based on the association of the testing phase to each appropriate development phase. The result in this study is application to be built is based on the website using the CodeIgniter framework and the V Models system development method with stages arranged starting from verification which contains the needs analysis stage, design to the coding phase and also the validation process that contains testing of the application to determine application functionality and also know the level application usability for the user.
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Nakamura, Sosui, Shin-ichi Tanabe, Junta Fujisawa, Emi Takai, Sayana Tsushima, Masayuki Ogata, Yugo Tsuneoka, et al. "Effects of Wellness Conscious Buildings on the Well-being and Comfort of Workers." E3S Web of Conferences 111 (2019): 02047. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201911102047.
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In recent years, Mental and physical health of office workers is regarded as a problem and the office buildings which improve workers’ wellness. The WELL Building Standard was announced with the aim of improving the health condition of building users in 2014. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the improvement of the health condition of the office workers who work at the office applying WELL Building Standard. To achieve this purpose, low-score office and high-score office for WELL Building Standard scores were created by changing the indoor environment and furniture in the office, and subject experiments in which we perform the work were conducted in each condition. From the experimental results, we propose environmental control and introduction furniture to verify changes in health condition of office workers, to improve the wellness of building users, and to bring synergy effects to health. It was confirmed that working at plural spaces which workers chose themselves.
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Mohd Adnan, Yasmin, Nor Adibah Mohd Arif, and Muhammad Najib Razali. "Exploring Green Office Building Choices by Corporate Tenants in Malaysia." Sustainability 14, no. 21 (November 4, 2022): 14509. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142114509.
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This paper aims to explore corporate tenants’ considerations for office space choices at green office buildings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This study focuses on the office choice perspectives between corporate tenants at two main locations in Kuala Lumpur’s business districts. The study then considers how these perspectives are similar and different amongst the various types of corporate tenants. This research is based on existing literature and semi-structured interviews that examined several themes in the context of leasing purpose-built green office buildings. Using a qualitative approach involving semi-structured interviews along with desk research, this paper explores how the different profiles of corporate tenants of green office buildings that are located at different locations in Kuala Lumpur portray varying considerations for green office building choices. The responses gathered from the interviews revealed differing aspects of considerations. The various types of tenant organisations place varying importance on several themes that have emerged which include location, finance and cost, building features, health and well-being, image and branding and social corporate responsibility (CSR). Although the sustainability aspects are perceived to add value to the business for the tenants’ organisations, the office buildings’ choice can be influenced by the company’s profile and size and the structure of the business which will eventually influence the decision to occupy green office buildings. As highlighted by an earlier study, the company policy in relation to the sustainability strategy of the organisation that meets the business needs also plays a role in green office building choices. These findings could be significant to green office providers in anticipating the future demand for green office buildings which in turn would contribute towards the achievement of the sustainable development goals of cities in Malaysia.