For most students in higher education, a green residence hall could form their first impressions regarding green buildings. As these students may be expected to make decisions regarding their place of residence upon graduation, if not sooner, the importance of their first experiences with a green building cannot be underestimated. Indoor environmental quality of residence halls may affect students’ productivity, which would have far-reaching implications for the student, university, and society. The goal of the study was to assess the students’ self-perceived comfort and indoor environmental quality of green residence halls in a higher education institution, together with their willingness to pay to reside in a green building upon graduation. The conducted survey resulted in 1040 complete responses, and so the sample size used in the analysis is one of the largest among studies done on green buildings. Results indicate that, students residing in a green building report higher satisfaction on thermal, lighting, and overall comfort levels, and report higher positive impact of their living environment on the quality of their studying. However, such students were also found to report decreased tendencies to consider green buildings in the future. Analysis towards willingness to pay of students to reside in a green building upon graduation revealed comparable results among the study and the control population, with 35-40% indicating no willingness to pay extra. Students with high self-reported knowledge on environmental issues were found to indicate significantly higher willingness to pay to reside in green buildings.

对于大多数接受高等教育的学生来说，绿色宿舍楼可能是他们对绿色建筑的第一印象。由于这些学生可能会在毕业后就其居住地做出决定，因此，如果不能早点做出决定，那么不能低估他们初次体验绿色建筑的重要性。宿舍的室内环境质量可能会影响学生的生产力，这会对学生，大学和社会产生深远的影响。研究的目的是评估学生对高等教育机构绿色宿舍楼的自我感觉舒适度和室内环境质量，以及他们毕业后愿意在绿色大楼中居住的意愿。进行的调查得出1040份完整答复，因此，分析中使用的样本量是绿色建筑研究中最大的样本量之一。结果表明，居住在绿色建筑中的学生对热，光和整体舒适度的满意度更高，并且居住环境对学习质量的积极影响更高。但是，还发现这类学生报告说将来考虑使用绿色建筑的趋势有所下降。对毕业后愿意支付给居住在绿色建筑物中的学生的支付意愿的分析显示，研究与对照组人群的结果相当，其中35-40％的人表示不愿意支付额外的费用。自我报告有关环境问题的知识较高的学生，表明其在绿色建筑物中居住的费用明显更高。