Building evaluation: practice and principles

Adrian Leaman

doi:10.1080/09613218.2010.495217

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Building evaluation: practice and principles

2010-10-01

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Adrian Leaman *

Fionn Stevenson

Bill Bordass

DOI：10.1080/09613218.2010.495217

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Based on experiences of carrying out building-performance studies in non-domestic buildings in the United Kingdom and around the world, the question is addressed of how these might apply in the emerging area of housing evaluation studies. Principles are offered covering both non-domestic and domestic buildings. The research area and approach are defined, and types of feedback and their effectiveness are explored, along with the sorts of methods that should be used and some wider topics including duty of care and some of the implications of 'real-world' research. Key lessons from fieldwork are presented.

Keywords:

building evaluation

building performance

energy assessment

feedback

occupant surveys

post-occupancy evaluation

real-world research