Assessment of Architectural Student Perception on Energy Efficiency in Architectural Designs in Selected Tertiary Institution in Lagos Mega-city, Nigeria

This study assessed the architectural students' perceptions of energy efficiency inarchitectural designs in selected tertiary institutions in Lagos Mega-city. Thelevel ofawareness of architectural students incorporating energy efficiency intoarchitectural designs through active design strategies than passive design strategieswas also assessed and their knowledge on how energy sustainability could beachieved inarchitectural design was investigated. The researchcontributed to thedevelopment of strategies for improving students' awareness and engagement insustainable building practices. A cross-sectional survey approach was adopted inthis study, a quantitative data was randomly collected from108 architecturalstudents in selected tertiary institutionsand data analysed using Statistical Packagefor Socio-Sciences (SPSS).The study findings showed that 30.5% of respondents areaware while 69.5% are not aware of incorporating energy efficiency intoarchitectural design.Also 69.4% are have the knowledge of the need to incorporateenergy sustainability into architectural design while 14.8% are not knowledgeableand 14.8% were not sure.The study recommended that student awareness shouldbe intensified and promoted both in their training and in the curriculum ofarchitectural designs and sustainable building practices.