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Existing Hospitality
Indoor Environmental Quality

Occupant comfort survey

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Hospitality-EBOM-v4 EQc10: Occupant comfort survey 1 point

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Requirements

Establishment

None

Performance

Administer at least one occupant comfort survey to collect anonymous responses regarding at least the following:
  • acoustics;
  • building cleanliness;
  • indoor air quality;
  • lighting;
  • thermal comfort; and
    • The responses must be collected from a representative sample of building occupants making up at least 30% of the total occupants. Document survey results. Develop and implement a corrective action plan to address comfort issues if the results indicate that more than 20% of occupants are dissatisfied. Perform at least one survey and implement corrective actions. At a minimum, perform one new survey at least once every 2 years.
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My project is a hotel/library/recreation center with patrons that stay for more than ten hours each week. Do I need to survey these guests?

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Addenda

4/14/2017Updated: 4/19/2017
Reference Guide Correction
Description of change:
Revise campus language:
Group Approach
Submit separate documentation for each building.

Campus Approach
Ineligible. Each LEED project may pursue the credit individually.
Campus Applicable
No
Internationally Applicable:
No
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Requirements

Establishment

None

Performance

Administer at least one occupant comfort survey to collect anonymous responses regarding at least the following:
  • acoustics;
  • building cleanliness;
  • indoor air quality;
  • lighting;
  • thermal comfort; and
    • The responses must be collected from a representative sample of building occupants making up at least 30% of the total occupants. Document survey results. Develop and implement a corrective action plan to address comfort issues if the results indicate that more than 20% of occupants are dissatisfied. Perform at least one survey and implement corrective actions. At a minimum, perform one new survey at least once every 2 years.

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My project is a hotel/library/recreation center with patrons that stay for more than ten hours each week. Do I need to survey these guests?

The answer to this question is available to LEEDuser premium members. Start a free trial »

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Can we collect anonymous survey responses but still incentivize individuals to respond by offering a prize?

The answer to this question is available to LEEDuser premium members. Start a free trial »

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What happens if there are many areas of occupant dissatisfaction that require corrective action? We might not have the time to address everything before we have to submit our LEED application. 

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What if the corrective action component of the credit is too costly for us? We don’t want to attempt this credit and then find out we’re not able to earn it because corrective action is too expensive. 

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4/14/2017Updated: 4/19/2017
Reference Guide Correction
Description of change:
Revise campus language:
Group Approach
Submit separate documentation for each building.

Campus Approach
Ineligible. Each LEED project may pursue the credit individually.
Campus Applicable
No
Internationally Applicable:
No

LEEDuser expert

Kelly Mehring

LEED AP O+M, MS

Rivion, LLC
Manager of Existing Building Certifications

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