Developing occupancy feedback from a prototype to improve housing production

Building Research and Information

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 549-563

  Stevenson, Fionn ^a   Rijal, Hom B ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

building performance evaluation methods; housing; low carbon housing; occupancy feedback; occupant behaviour; prototype testing

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; LOW-CARBON; OCCUPANCY FEEDBACK; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOUR; PROTOTYPE TESTING;

AIR QUALITY; DESIGN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

HOUSING;

EID: 77956202123     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2010.496182     Document Type: Article

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