Section

Objectives

Data Set

Method of Data Analysis

1

Socio-Economic characteristics of respondents

gender, age, marital status, level of education, employment status, occupation, average monthly income, household size, and length of stay

Descriptive statistics including; frequency table, Pie and bar charts, and Cross tabulations.

2

Housing Characteristics

Tenancy status, annual rent, age of building, number of rooms, housing affordability, door type, window type

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3

State of Ventilation and the Existing System Used for Ventilation

Number of windows in living and bedroom, condition of windows, extent of ventilation, thermal condition, passive cooling, availability of mechanical cooling system, reason for purchasing mechanical cooling system

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4

The level of indoor comfort derived from existing ventilation available and the system

Number of fans, number of air conditioners, area with most cooling systems, duration of operating cooling system, time of day of operating cooling system, level of comfort derived from using the natural ventilation system, comfort derived from using mechanical cooling system, availability of balcony, use of balcony.

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5

Impact of existing ventilation systems on residents

Impact of ventilation system on residents, design and social constraints of natural ventilation in the building.

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6

Housing Expectations

Familiarity with the concept of green building, willingness to pay for green building, building style, preference for balcony, use of timber walls, landscaping. Green building effects.

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