The value of post-occupancy evaluation for building occupants and facility managers

Intelligent Buildings International

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 249-268

  Loftness, Vivian ^a   Aziz, Azizan ^a   Choi, JoonHo ^a   Kampschroer, Kevin ^b   Powell, Kevin ^b   Atkinson, Mike ^b   Heerwagen, Judith ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States General Services Administration   (United States)

^c J H Heerwagen and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Building performance; Field evaluation and measurement; Health and user satisfaction; Indoor environmental quality; Post occupancy evaluation; Productivity; Thermal, acoustic, visual and air quality evaluation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PERFORMANCE; FIELD EVALUATION; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; POST-OCCUPANCY EVALUATION; THERMAL, ACOUSTIC, VISUAL AND AIR QUALITY EVALUATION;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; HEALTH; INNOVATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONTROL SYSTEM; FACILITY LOCATION; FIELD SURVEY; HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR; INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79954522840     PISSN: 17508975     EISSN: 17566932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/inbi.2009.SI04     Document Type: Review

References (27)

1. Aaras, A., Horgen, G., Bjorset, H., Ro., O. and Thorsen, M., 1998, 'Musculoskeletal, visual and psychosocial stress in VDU operators before and after multidisciplinary ergonomic interventions', Applied Ergonomics 32(6), 335-354.
2. Cakir, A.E. and Cakir, G., 1998, 'Light and health: influences of lighting on health and well-being of office and computer workers satisaction and productivity', Environment and Behavior 24(6), 759-778.
3. CBE (Center for the Built Environment), 2009, Occupant Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) Survey. Available at: www.cbe.berkeley.edu/research/survey.htm [accessed 7 April 2009].
4. CBPD (Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics), 2009a, National Assessment Environmental Toolkit. Available at: http://neat2006.arc.cmu.edu/page/index.aspx?p=log [accessed 10 July 2009].
5. CBPD (Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics), 2009b, Energy Savings and Performance Gains in General Services Administration Buildings: Seven Recommendations, US General Services Administration.
6. CEC (California Energy Commission), 2008, Consumer Energy Center - Consumer Tips. Available at: www.consumerenergycenter.org/tips/businesssummer.html [accessed 2 May 2009].
7. DOE (Department of Energy), 2004, High Performance Building Data Base. Available at: http://eere.buildinggreen.com/[accessed 1 May 2009].
8. EPA (Environment Protection Agency), 2008, Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation Study (BASE). US Environmental Protection Agency. Available at: www.epa.gov/iaq/base/[accessed 1 April 2009].
9. FMET (Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology), 2009, EnBOP Energy-oriented Operation Optimization. Available at: www.enob.info/en/research-areas/enbop/[accessed 12 June 2009].
10. Hedge, A., Skims, W. and Becker, F., 1995, 'Effects of lensed-indirect and parabolic lighting on the satisfaction, visual health and productivity of office workers', Ergonomics 38(2), 260-280.
11. Heschong Mahone Group Inc, 2003, Windows and Offices: A Study of Office Workers' Performance and the Indoor Environments, California Energy Commission Technical Report, US.
12. Katzev, R., 1992, 'The impact of energy-efficient office lighting strategies on employee satisfaction and productivity', Environment and Behavior 24(6), 759-778.
13. Leaman, A. and Bordass, B., 2009, Post-occupancy Review of Buildings and their Engineering (PROBE). Available at: www.usablebuildings.co.uk/[accessed 23 March 2009].
14. Loftness, V., Aziz, A., Hua, Y., Srivastava, V. and Yang, X., 2007, GSA WP 20'20 Environmental Quality Report: Kluczynski Federal Building, Chicago, IL. Before- and After-renovation Comparison, Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, US.
15. Lueder, R., 1987, The Ergonomics Payoff, New York, Wadworth Publishing Co.
16. Mendell, M.J., 1991, Risk Factors for Work-related Symptoms in Northern California Office Workers, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Report, LBL-32636, Berkeley, CA.
17. Newsham, G. and Veitch, J., 2009, National Research Council (NRC) Cost-effective Open-plan Environments Project (COPE). Available at: www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/projects/irc/cope/reports.html [accessed 23 March 2009].
18. NRC (National Research Council Canada), 2009, Highlights - Personal Controls Save Energy. Available at: www.reno.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/news/nrc/2008/04/08/personal-lighting-controls.html [accessed 2 July 2009].
19. Penn-Tsinghua T.C. Chan Center, 2009, Building Simulation and Energy Studies. Available at: www.design.upenn.edu/bses/intro.swf [accessed 9 July 2009].
20. Preiser, W., 2002, Learning from Our Buildings: A State-of-the-Practice Summary of Post-Occupancy Evaluation, Ontario, Canada, Federal Facilities Council, National Research Council.
21. Preiser, W. and Vischer, J., 2004, Assessing Building Performance, Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann.
22. Rose, R.J. and Dozier, J., 1997, 'EPA program impacts office zoning', ASHRAE Journal 39(1), 37-42.
23. Rubin, A.I. and Rubin, J., 1980, Building for People: Behavioral Research Approaches and Directions, Washington, DC, US Government Printing Office.
24. Smedje, G. and Norback, D., 2000, 'New ventilation systems at selected schools in Sweden - Effects on asthma and exposure', Archives of Environmental Health 35(1), 18-25.
25. Wilkins, A.J., Nommo-Smith, I., Slater, A.I. and Bedocs, L., 1989, 'Fluorescent lighting, headaches and eyestrain', Lighting Research and Technology 21(1), 300-307.
26. Witterseh, T., 2001, Environment Perception, SBS Symptoms and the Performance of Office Work under Combined Exposures to Temperature, Noise and Air Pollution, PhD thesis, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.
27. Zeisel, J., 2006, Inquiry by Design: Environment/Behavior/Neuroscience in Architecture, Interiors, Landscape, and Planning, New York, W.W. Norton Publisher.