A socio-technical approach to post-occupancy evaluation: Interactive adaptability in domestic retrofit

Building Research and Information

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 574-590

  Chiu, Lai Fong ^a   Lowe, Robert ^a   Raslan, Rokia ^a   Altamirano Medina, Hector ^a   Wingfield, Jez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Energy Foundation (NEF)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptive behaviour; heating cooling practices; inhabitants; interactive adaptation; low carbon retrofit; postoccupancy evaluation

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH; RETROFITTING; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR; INHABITANTS; INTERACTIVE ADAPTATION; LOW CARBON; POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84904536156     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2014.912539     Document Type: Article

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