A study of owner preferences for steel and wood framed homes /

any significant differences in the demographic profiles of

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bateman, Bruce Whitney, 1949-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1997.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:any significant differences in the demographic profiles of
awareness between the two groups. A difference in home
discernable difference in the level of environmental
fact that the WFHs studied were older than the SFHs studied.
framed walls were not always straight and true. There was no
households that purchased steel framed homes (SFHS) and those
households that purchased wood framed homes (WFHs). The
Nevada area. The purpose of the study was to develop an
objectives of the study were (1) to determine if there were
objects to the walls while WFHOs remarked that their wood
of the two types of homes. Descriptive statistics were used
perceptions of quality by wood framed home owners (WFHOS) in
purchase price between the two groups may be explained by the
purchases by the two study groups, (4) to determine if there
received better quality in their homes as compared to the
SFHs were shown to consume less electrical energy during the
significant differences in the decision criteria for home
significant differences in the environmental awarenesses of
single family residential households from the Las Vegas,
statistics were used to test differences in responses. The
steel framed owners home (SFHOS) recognized and believed they
summer cooling season than WFHS. The study demonstrated that
the two study groups, (2) to determine if there were any
the two study groups, (3) to determine if there were any
their homes. SFHOs noticed having difficulty mounting heavy
This thesis reports the findings of a mail survey of 386
to analyze data collected from the owners, and inferential
understanding of the differences, if any, between those
were any significant differences in the energy efficiencies
Item Description:"Major subject: Construction Management".
Vita.
Physical Description:xii, 119 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.