Survey dataset on architect׳s awareness and adoption of building envelope technologies for energy efficient housing in Lagos State

• Main Authors: Adedotun O. Akinola, Albert B. Adeboye, Adedapo Oluwatayo, Oluwole Alagbe, Oluwatosin Babalola, Adedeji O. Afolabi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018-08-01
• Series: Data in Brief
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340918307443

Low energy houses are forms of housing that use less energy from the design, technologies and building products from any source than a traditional or average contemporary house. The survey dataset examines architect׳s awareness and adoption of building envelope technologies (BET) for energy efficient housing in Lagos State, Nigeria. The dataset was based on seventy-four (74) returned questionnaires of both registered and non-registered Architects. A multistage sampling that involved cluster sampling and random sampling of architects in Lagos State was adopted. Descriptive statistical tools were used to present the dataset. The dataset contains the intent of promoting energy sustainability by architect while designing their building envelopes, the awareness of the building envelope strategies to adopt, factors influencing their adoption of these strategies, strategies that can be adopted to improve adoption of building envelope technologies for energy efficiency in housing units. The dataset can be used for evolving housing energy policy by decision makers. Keywords: Architect, Building envelope technologies, Construction industry, Energy efficiency, Housing