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Facilities improvement for sustainability of existing public office buildings in Nigeria

The study examined the building design features of a cosmopolitan public office building in Abuja. The features were classified into Spatial Plan, Structure and Facilities, to determine which of the 3 variables requires urgent sustainable improvement from end-users' perspective in existing publ...

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Main Authors:	Kasim, Rozilah, Martin, David, Adeyemi, Adegbenga, Adeyemi, Ifeoluwa Adedoyin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	African Journal Online (AJOL) 2017
Subjects:	HD Industries. Land use. Labor TH7005-7699 Heating and ventilation. Air conditioning
Online Access:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4778/1/AJ%202017%20%28632%29.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4778/
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spelling	my.uthm.eprints.47782021-12-16T06:09:49Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4778/ Facilities improvement for sustainability of existing public office buildings in Nigeria Kasim, Rozilah Martin, David Adeyemi, Adegbenga Adeyemi, Ifeoluwa Adedoyin HD Industries. Land use. Labor TH7005-7699 Heating and ventilation. Air conditioning The study examined the building design features of a cosmopolitan public office building in Abuja. The features were classified into Spatial Plan, Structure and Facilities, to determine which of the 3 variables requires urgent sustainable improvement from end-users' perspective in existing public office buildings in developing countries. A quantitative approach was adopted while the research strategy involved survey and direct observation. Post-Occupancy Evaluation was used to collect the survey data on a massive public office building in Nigeria, which reflected the quota system and federal character of the nation, as study area. A total of 339 useable questionnaires were retrieved from the respondents, and the analysis conducted revealed that facilities requires the most urgent improvement for sustainability. It was therefore recommended that facilities should be given priority for successful sustainable improvement of public office buildings above other design features. African Journal Online (AJOL) 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4778/1/AJ%202017%20%28632%29.pdf Kasim, Rozilah and Martin, David and Adeyemi, Adegbenga and Adeyemi, Ifeoluwa Adedoyin (2017) Facilities improvement for sustainability of existing public office buildings in Nigeria. ATBU Journal of Environmental Technology, 10 (1). pp. 12-34. ISSN 1596-6305
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spellingShingle	HD Industries. Land use. Labor TH7005-7699 Heating and ventilation. Air conditioning Kasim, Rozilah Martin, David Adeyemi, Adegbenga Adeyemi, Ifeoluwa Adedoyin Facilities improvement for sustainability of existing public office buildings in Nigeria
description	The study examined the building design features of a cosmopolitan public office building in Abuja. The features were classified into Spatial Plan, Structure and Facilities, to determine which of the 3 variables requires urgent sustainable improvement from end-users' perspective in existing public office buildings in developing countries. A quantitative approach was adopted while the research strategy involved survey and direct observation. Post-Occupancy Evaluation was used to collect the survey data on a massive public office building in Nigeria, which reflected the quota system and federal character of the nation, as study area. A total of 339 useable questionnaires were retrieved from the respondents, and the analysis conducted revealed that facilities requires the most urgent improvement for sustainability. It was therefore recommended that facilities should be given priority for successful sustainable improvement of public office buildings above other design features.
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author	Kasim, Rozilah Martin, David Adeyemi, Adegbenga Adeyemi, Ifeoluwa Adedoyin
author_facet	Kasim, Rozilah Martin, David Adeyemi, Adegbenga Adeyemi, Ifeoluwa Adedoyin
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title	Facilities improvement for sustainability of existing public office buildings in Nigeria
title_short	Facilities improvement for sustainability of existing public office buildings in Nigeria
title_full	Facilities improvement for sustainability of existing public office buildings in Nigeria
title_fullStr	Facilities improvement for sustainability of existing public office buildings in Nigeria
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publisher	African Journal Online (AJOL)
publishDate	2017
url	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4778/1/AJ%202017%20%28632%29.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4778/
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