Learning from Our Buildings: A State-of-the-Practice Summary of Post-Occupancy Evaluation (2001)

Chapter: Appendix C Supplemental Information to Chapter 3

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Appendix C
Supplemental Information to Chapter 3

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Buildings-in-Use

271 Lincoln Street

Lexington

MA.02421

781-674-3186 phone

781-674-1489 fax

Buildings-In-Use Boston Montreal

December 20, 2001

I.D.Number ____/___/____

Please leave blank

Welcome to the Building-In-Use Assessment Survey!

This questionnaire is for all staff. We want to find out more about how you feel about the facility you work in, and how you feel this environment affects your work.

Below you will find a checklist of items about your workspace. Please answer these questions as soon as you receive the questionnaire. It will take you less than 10 minutes to complete. When you have filled it out, please return it immediately.

Please do not fill out the ID number on this survey form.It is used for analysis purposes.However,please provide your office location in the space provided, as this will help us understand the building conditions at your work location. Your name is not necessary on the questionnaire and your answers will remain confidential.

We really want to hear from you. Thank-you for participating!

PLEASE FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING: Office or cube number _________________

Floor _________ Workgroup or department name _______________________

Please rate your comfort level in your primary workspace on the following scales, where 1 is poor or uncomfortable and 5 is good or comfortable, and 2 3 -4 are in-between, with 3 being neutral. Your task is to circle the number on each scale that best represents your experience of working in this building.

1. Temperature comfort:

 

1

GENERALLY BAD

2

3

4

5

GENERALLY GOOD
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2. How cold it gets:

 

1

TOO COLD

2

3

4

5

COMFORTABLE

3. How warm it gets:

 

1

TOO WARM

2

3

4

5

COMFORTABLE

4. Temperature shifts:

 

1

TOO FREQUENT

2

3

4

5

GENERALLY CONSTANT

5. Ventilation comfort:

 

1

GENERALLY BAD

2

3

4

5

GENERALLY GOOD

6. Air freshness:

 

1

STALE AIR

2

3

4

5

FRESH AIR

7. Air Movement:

 

1

STUFFY

2

3

4

5

CIRCULATING

8. Noise distractions:

 

1

DISTURBING

2

3

4

5

NOT A PROBLEM

9. General office noise level (background noise from conversation and equipment):

 

1

TOO NOISY

2

3

4

5

COMFORTABLE

10. Specific office noises (individual voices and equipment):

 

1

DISTURBING

2

3

4

5

NOT A PROBLEM
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11. Noise from the air systems:

 

1

DISTURBING

2

3

4

5

NOT A PROBLEM

12. Noise from office lighting:

 

1

BUZZ/NOISY

2

3

4

5

NOT A PROBLEM

13. Noise from outside the building:

 

1

DISTURBING

2

3

4

5

NOT A PROBLEM

14. Furniture arrangement in your workspace:

 

1

UNCOMFORTABLE

2

3

4

5

COMFORTABLE

15. Amount of space in your workspace:

 

1

INSUFFICIENT

2

3

4

5

ADEQUATE

16. Work storage:

 

1

INSUFFICIENT

2

3

4

5

ADEQUATE

17. Shared (team)file storage:

 

1

INSUFFICIENT

2

3

4

5

ADEQUATE

18. Personal storage:

 

1

INSUFFICIENT

2

3

4

5

ADEQUATE

19. Visual privacy in your workspace:

 

1

UNCOMFORTABLE

2

3

4

5

COMFORTABLE
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20. Voice privacy in your workspace:

 

1

UNCOMFORTABLE

2

3

4

5

COMFORTABLE

21. Telephone privacy in your workspace:

 

1

UNCOMFORTABLE

2

3

4

5

COMFORTABLE

22. Electrical Lighting:

 

1

UNCOMFORTABLE

2

3

4

5

COMFORTABLE

23. How bright lights are:

 

1

TOO MUCH LIGHT

2

3

4

5

DOES NOT GET TOO BRIGHT

24. Glare from lights or windows:

 

1

UNCOMFORTABLE

2

3

4

5

COMFORTABLE

25. Natural lighting from windows:

 

1

INSUFFICIENT LIGHT

2

3

4

5

GOOD NATURAL LIGHT

26. Not enough light:

 

1

TOO DARK

2

3

4

5

COMFORTABLE

27. Please rate how this space affects your ability to do your work:

 

1

MAKES IT DIFFICULT

2

3

4

5

MAKES IT EASY

28. How would you rate your satisfaction with this building?

 

1

DISSATISFIED

2

3

4

5

VERY SATISFIED
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PLEASE COMMENT:

29. What I like best/find most useful about this building as a place to work :

30. What I dislike most/have most trouble with in this building as a place to work :

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