Attributes of Homes we’re Willing to Pay for

Lou, Wang, Yuan, and Lu used data from Hong Kong to measure assessed WTP (willingness to pay) for various design features in homes: “We first simulate the metrics of five housing attributes under different layouts, i.e., spatial daylight autonomy (sDA), spatial glare autonomy (sGA), natural ventilation effectiveness (NVE), predicted mean vote (PMV) [temperature], and energy use intensity (EUI). Then, WTP for these attributes is disentangled from housing prices. . . . findings demonstrate that a 1 % increase in sDA, sGA,…

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