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[a] [b] Figure 3: [a] View of McClay Library, [b] View of Light and Ventilation activated blinds and Lighting (authors).
Results Detailed results of the questionnaire, issued to employees in the case study building, are available on request and displayed here are the breakdown of responses with respect to each statement contained within the questionnaire. The following pages display figures detailing the breakdown of data gathered from respondents in the McClay library, with respect to the structure of the questionnaire. The first selection of graphs, seen in Figure 4 details the breakdown of characteristics of employees in the McClay library, including status of employee, years experience in current position and time spent in front of a computer screen each day. The sample consisted of 237 questionnaires were sent via email and followed up with hard copies to workers in the Administration Building and 70 responses were received. The questionnaires targeted women and men over 18 years of age, but did not collect data on income of
respondents, as most people are typically not willing to disclose this or would lie. The breakdown of respondents is as given in Figure 4 above. The data was gathered over a 4-week period .The interviews focused on a set of 26 questions. The data collected through questionnaire surveys had numerical value. The data was entered and analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences : SPSS. This application helped to conduct a classic analysis by using descriptive analysis and associated selection techniques. The goal was to use a descriptive and correlation analysis to study relationship between variables. Figure 4 above, revealed that the most employees (79.4%) employees spend in excess of 5 hours on their computers each day, in addition, the vast majority of the respondents used the computers between the times of 9 am-1 pm and 2-5 pm. Figure 3a and 3b revealed that most employees regarded the library as designed and built to promote energy efficiency to users as well as were felt that the electrical
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