Assessment of Building Performance and Occupant Satisfaction in Student Housing: A Post-Occupancy Evaluation Study at KFUPM

M. S. Alrubaiha, Mahmud Hamwda b, Hassan, A. Sb

الملخص

Research on post-occupancy evaluation on student housing has been quite intensive in the past decade. However, some countries give little or no concern to the practice of improving design outcomes and building performance using post-occupancy evaluations. This study focuses on the use of post-occupancy evaluation (POE) of the design and the building performance of existing students` housing at the campus of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. The evaluation methods used include on-site walkthroughs, questionnaire surveys and students meetings. A comprehensive overview of the building performance provided, along with an evaluation of the satisfaction of the students. This study provides areas for improvement and provides guidelines and recommendations to serve as feedback and feed forward to universitys Projects/Maintenance Department, to improve the design and maintenance in the design stage of future student housing buildings. Thus, the study has practical findings that contribute to enhancing future building design, utilization, and optimizing the designe process for similar projects, and improving the overall satisfaction of occupants of student housing facilities.