To help us better understand how we could help Morrill Hall better serve the occupants who work within it , we created a simple survey asked some general post-occupancy questions regarding lighting, thermal comfort, and other issues..

In addition to this survey, we also partnered up with the College of Built Environment from UC Berkeley to administer an online survey of the occupants of Morrill Hall.

UC Berkly: CBE Post-Occupancy Building Study

Thermal Comfort:

• According to our paper survey, the majority of people feel there is a considerable difference in temperature  depending on where in the room or building a person is.
• There were several people who said that while in their workspace, their feet are unusually colder than the rest of the body.
• Most of the occupants who took the survey are not satisfied with the temperature.
• Not a single person who took the survey feels Morrill Hall performs well in regards to energy efficiency.

9.2 How satisfied are you with the temperature in your workspace?	9.3 Overall, does your thermal comfort in your workspace enhance or interfere with your ability to get your job done?

10.4 How would you best describe the source of this discomfort? (check all that apply)

Thermal Comfort Survey Comments:

• Even though the radiators are closed, it's often higher than 80 in the office forcing us to open windows which only offers slight relief.
• window unit for heat/cold allows air in underneath so when off, drafts flow very easily from outside to workspace. Cubicle partitions also block airflow from unit into workspace. Would be better if unit was moved to far window and fans directed to cubicle door areas.
• The thermostats only control the heat in in very general sense. If the room is too cold, we often have to shove the thermostats too high to get any response; if it is too hot in the winter, we have to turn the thermostats almost to "off" to get any response. In spring and fall, we will get heat into the building no matter what and have to turn on the air conditioning to make the rooms tolerable. In summer, the air conditioning is inadequate to completely cool the rooms on really hot days -- and is noisy besides. To top all this off, my cubicle has no air flow, so the temperature always lags about two degrees on the "wrong" side of the rest of the room.
• Steam pipe is right by my desk. The a/c is above my work space, but by the afternoon, the noise is "deafening". Co-worker gets headaches, so we don't run the overhead fan as often as we could, since lighting isn't sufficient to shut the overhead lights off to prevent her headaches.
• because of the outlets, my desk is right under the vent so even when the heat is on, i get cold air blowing on me and my papers fly about.
• non-operable windows provide no fresh air.

Lighting Survey:

13.1 Which of the following controls do you have over the lighting in your workspace? (check all that apply)	13.2 How satisfied are you with the amount of light in your workspace?

13.3 How satisfied are you with the visual comfort of the lighting (e.g., glare, reflections, contrast)?	14.1 You have said that you are dissatisfied with the lighting in your workspace. Which of the following contribute to your dissatisfaction? (check all that apply)

Lighting Survey Comments:

• Because my computer faces the window, even with the blinds closed all the time, some sunlight slips through the cracks and gets in my eyes at certain parts of the day.
• Need more natural light and less fluorescent

Efficiency Survey:

19.5 Operable Windows	19.1 Considering energy use, how efficiently is this building performing in your opinion?