Resident Heating Experience and Managerial Operation Perceptions by Heating System Type in Existing Public Rental Housing

In-Tae Hwang; Young-Kwon Yang; Gil-Tae Kim

doi:10.22696/jkiaebs.20260030

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Resident Heating Experience and Managerial Operation Perceptions by Heating System Type in Existing Public Rental Housing 기축 공공임대주택의 난방방식 유형에 따른 입주자 이용경험과 관리자 운영인식 분석

30 October 2026. pp. 372-383

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Abstract

This study examined resident heating experience and managerial operation perceptions across three heating-system types in existing public rental housing: complexes retaining central heating, complexes converted from central to district heating, and complexes converted from central to individual heating. Secondary survey data collected in October–November 2024 included 612 residents from 105 complexes and 210 managers. Because heating type was determined at the complex level, the analysis emphasized three-group comparisons and complex-level patterns. Resident satisfaction was 33.6% in central-heating-retained complexes, 35.2% in district-heating-converted complexes, and 98.0% in individual-heating-converted complexes; the mean complex-level satisfaction rates were 35.9%, 33.6%, and 97.8%, respectively. Individual-heating complexes also showed consistently high satisfaction at the complex level. No statistically significant difference in satisfaction was identified between the central- and district-heating groups in either resident-level or complex-level comparisons. Thermal experience, supplementary-heating use, and self-reported monthly heating cost also differed across heating-system types, although the differences in thermal experience and supplementary-heating use were not statistically significant in complex-level comparisons. Managers of central-heating-retained complexes reported strong needs for aging-equipment improvement and real-time monitoring, while managers of converted complexes reported different post-conversion operational experiences by heating type. These findings suggest that heating-system improvement in existing public rental housing should distinguish specific post-conversion system types and consider resident experience and managerial operation together with objective performance data. Because some complex-level characteristics were unavailable and individual-heating complexes were geographically concentrated, the results should not be interpreted as causal effects.

Keywords

Public rental housing

Heating system

Resident satisfaction

User experience

Building systems operation

키워드

공공임대주택

난방방식

입주자 만족도

이용경험

설비운영

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Publisher :Korean Institute of Architectural Sustainable Environment and Building Systems
Publisher(Ko) :한국건축친환경설비학회
Journal Title :Journal of Korean Institute of Architectural Sustainable Environment and Building Systems
Journal Title(Ko) :한국건축친환경설비학회논문집
Volume : 20
No :5
Pages :372-383
Received Date : 2026-09-01
Revised Date : 2026-09-11
Accepted Date : 2026-09-28
DOI :https://doi.org/10.22696/jkiaebs.20260030

Journal of Korean Institute of Architectural Sustainable Environment and Building Systems ISSN:1976-6483(Print) 2586-0666(Online) 한국건축친환경설비학회논문집

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