Association between thermal comfort and work-related symptoms in low energy level office(LEO) buildings, Putrajaya.

The issues of workers comfort and workspace quality in office buildings have gained animportant concerned from the Ministry of Energy, Water and Green Technology, Malaysia. Newenergy efficient building concepts and technologies require a revision of comfort standards, tocreate suitable thermal condition in avoiding occupants’ dissatisfaction, adverse effect on theirproductivity and overall building performance. A quantitative assessment was conducted in aLow Energy Office (LEO) building, in Putrajaya using Babuc-A (Portable air quality monitor)and a qualitative assessment using set of questionnaire adapted from ASHRAE Standard (2004)and IEQ survey questionnaire. Total of 99 respondents were chosen using a stratified randomsampling and based on the worker preferences the results showed that sinusitis ( x2=7.50,p<0.05), eczema ( x2=8.60, p<0.05) and fatigue ( x2=10.24, p<0.05) was reported for the last fourweeks and stuffy nose ( x2=8.59, p