PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT FOR POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION IN PUBLIC LOW-COST HOUSING

Public low-cost housing is an initiative that had b een taken by the Malaysian government in placing th e lowincome household and squatters. However, in prepari ng the low-cost house, emphasized should be given t o the quality and comfortable environmental aspects. Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is an approach in asses sing building performance. However, this technique was n ot been widely practiced in Malaysia. This paper di scussed the physical environment elements of POE in public housing which influences the occupant’s preferences . The element of physical environment has been collected from secondary data. Hence, the content analysis wa s used to identify physical environment elements of POE. The physical environment elements for post occupancy ev aluation in public low-cost housing. The physical environmen t elements will lead to significant building perfor mance improvement of the existing public low-cost housing and can be used as a key reference and theoretical framework for Local Ministry Housing.

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