Assessment of the Healthy Indoor Environmental Quality Practices Adopted in three Star Hotels in Abuja

Abstract

The study investigated the healthy indoor environmental quality practices adopted in three star hotels in Abuja. Indoor environmental quality is one of the key dimension of green building practices. The population of the study was 114 (89 facility managers and 25 registered builders). Two research questions were raised and two hypothesis tested at .05 level of significance guided the study. The instrument for data collection was a 20-items Questionnaire on Healthy Indoor Environmental Quality Practices in Three-Star Hotels (QHIEQPTSH) developed by the researcher. The questionnaire was validated by three building technology experts in the Department of Industrial and Technology Education, Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State. A pilot test of the instrument was carried out in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The Cronbach alpha coefficient Method was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument and 0.80 was obtained as the overall reliability coefficient of the instrument. Data collected was analyzed and Mean and Standard Deviations were used to answer the research questions while Z-test analysis was used to test the hypothesis at .05 level of significance. Findings revealed among other things that 10 healthy indoor environmental quality practices are presently adopted in three star hotels in Abuja. It was also found that there is no significant difference between the mean ratings of facility managers and registered builders on the healthy indoor environmental quality practices adopted in three star hotels in Abuja. Based on these findings therefore, it was recommended among others that healthy indoor environmental quality practices should be adopted in other categories of hotels in Abuja in order to not only ensure the comfort and wellbeing of hotel customers, but to also preserve the environment.