Evaluation of indoor environment quality of elderly centers of Hong Kong

  • Mui, KW
  • Wong, LT
  • Fong, KNK
  • Wong, WWY
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Publication date
January 2008
Publisher
Ural and Associates Inc
Journal
0146-6518

Abstract

In order to examine the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of elderly centers in Hong Kong, occupants were asked to rate their acceptance of the current condition of the elderly centers in four different aspects: thermal comfort, indoor air quality, aural comfort and visual comfort. Measurements of the four IEQ parameters, i.e. operative temperature (To), carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, equivalent noise level (Leq) and illumination level (lux), were also taken at the elderly centers. The measurement results were correlated to the corresponding occupants' subjective responses on the environmental quality of the centre using IEQ assessment scales. The range of acceptance of the environmental conditions of nineteen Hong Kong elderly center...

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