@article{eprints16048,
           title = {Building Professional Practices Knowledge and
Integration Levels of Energy Efficiency Design Features
in Selected Office Buildings in Abuja, Nigeria},
          volume = {10},
          number = {3},
          author = {Emokpae Erebor and Eziyi  O. Ibem and I. C. Ezema and Anthony Babatunde Sholanke},
         journal = {Environment and Ecology Research},
            year = {2022},
           pages = {414--426},
        keywords = {Energy Efficiency, Design Features,
Office Buildings, Abuja and Nigeria.},
        abstract = {This study investigated the extent to which
building professional practices in Abuja, Nigeria are
knowledgeable and integrate 29 energy efficiency design
features in selected office buildings in the study area, with
a view to making contributions on how to enhance users?
comfort and satisfaction within office environments. A
structured questionnaire was used to gather data from 80
participants drawn from architectural and engineering
design firms in the study area. The survey data were
analysed by descriptive statistics, and the key finding is
that the knowledge and integration levels of the energy
efficiency design features in the selected office buildings
by the sampled firms, are high. Appreciably, 71\% of the
respondents declared that they are aware of the energy
efficiency design features in question, while only 29\% of
them acknowledged having little or no knowledge of any of
the features investigated. On the level of integration of the
features in office buildings, 64\% of the firms stated that
they have integrated some of the features, while 35\% of
them declared not to have integrated any of the features
under investigation in this study. One of the
recommendations of the study is that relevant professional
bodies of the building industry should provide forums such
as seminars and training workshops towards promoting the
benefits of energy efficiency design features in
communities, thereby fostering better understanding and
wider deployment of the features by more building design
and construction professional practices. This will ultimately help in reducing global warming and the adverse
effects of buildings on the environment, both locally and
globally in the long run.},
             url = {http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/16048/}
}