The quality of the indoor environment as a component of comprehensive building assessment systems
author:
PIOTR BARTKIEWICZ, KAZIMIERZ WOJTAS
ORCID ID:
0000-0001-7606-7971
No:
7-8/2021 Instal p. 15-19
DOI:
DOI 10.36119/15.2021.7-8.2
Currently, the market value of commercial building is influenced by a number of its features, which are subject to assessment
and classification. Undoubtedly, an important component of this assessment is the level of indoor environment quality, the
provision of which usually requires certain financial outlays, both of investment and operational character. At the beginning
of this century, there was a clearly noticeable tendency to reduce investment costs, which most often boiled down to the
reduction of the quality of ventilation and air conditioning systems in buildings, which resulted in irreversible consequences
for users in the form of an increased level of discomfort and increased operating costs. An important element that can
reverse this negative trend is commercial building certification systems. The study reviews a few selected certification systems
that seem to be the most widespread on the European investment market, such as LEED®, BREEAM®, WELL® and TAIL®.
The main purpose of the analysis was an attempt to estimate the importance of the quality and content of ventilation, air
conditioning and heating installations (commonly known as HVAC installations) and the scope of their impact on the final
effect and the level of the certificate assigned to the building.
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About Authors:
Dr inż. Piotr Bartkiewicz, prof. PW – Politechnika Warszawska;, dr inż. Kazimierz Wojtas – https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7606-7971;
Politechnika Krakowska. Corresponding author: kwojtas@pk.edu.pl