The Relationship of Office Building Maintenance with The Comfortable Environment of The Users in Palu City

Building maintenance is one of that is needed in keeping the urban environment clean and convenient. The initial review found that some office buildings yet do not bring comfort to the facility users, there are still many managers who ignore building maintenance and consider it not the most important thing. This type of descriptive research by distributing questionnaires to users who work in the agency under study and understand the meaning of building maintenance as many as 60 respondents. Data analysis using multiple linear regression method. The results simultaneously show the variable of architectural maintenance, structural maintenance, environmental maintenance, housekeeping, and mechanical & electrical variables have a significant effect on the comfort of the work environment (Y), with the regression equation Y= 2.029 + 0,255 X1 -1,28 X2+ 0.367X3+ 0.140 X4- 0,029 X5. The results of the study can provide input to further improve the maintenance of office buildings to create a comfortable working environment.

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