Building Performance Evaluation

Part I. Introduction

1. From Linear Delivery Process to Life Cycle Phases: The Validity of the Concept of Building Performance Evaluation
Wolfgang F. E. Preiser, Andrea E. Hardy, Ulrich Schramm

Part II. Frontiers of Building Evaluation

2. From POE to BPE: The Next Era
Nigel Oseland

3. Critical Frameworks for Building Evaluation: User Satisfaction, Environmental Measurements and the Technical Attributes of Building Systems (POE + M)
Vivian Loftness, Volker Hartkopf, Azizan Aziz, Joon-Ho Choi, Jihyun Park

4. Informed Design: A Post-Occupancy Evaluation Toolkit for Courthouses
Erin Persky, Jay Farbstein, Melissa Farling

5. Synthetic Populations of Building Office Occupants and Behaviors
Jennifer A. Senick, Clinton J. Andrews, Handi Chandra Putra, Ioanna Tsoulou, MaryAnn Sorensen Allacci

6. From Pre- to Post-occupancy Evaluations: Acceptance of Intelligent Building Technologies
Ulrich Schramm, Sybille Reichart, Dominic Becking

7. Evaluating the Built Environment from the Users’ Perspective: Implications of Attitudinal Models of Satisfaction
Guido Francescato, Sue Weidemann, James R. Anderson

8. Towards a Hospital Activation Process Model
Wolfgang F. E. Preiser, John P. Petronis, John W. Petronis, Lexi Petronis

Part III. Advances in Evaluation Knowledge

9. Merging Tradition and Innovation: Programming New Workplaces for Tradition-Steeped Companies
Martin Hodulak

10. Building-In-Use Assessment: Foundation of Workspace Psychology
Jacqueline C. Vischer

11. Evaluating Workplace Constructs Using Computerized Techniques of Space Syntax
Linda N. Nubani

12. Social Interactions in Work Environments: Expanding Building Evaluation


Mille Sylvest

13. Making POE Work in an Organization
Duncan Joiner

14. POE for Organizations with a Repetitive Building Type
Thierry Rosenheck

15. US Army Command Headquarters: Evaluating Existing Buildings to Set Design Requirements
Greg Allen Barker

Part IV. Advances in Evaluation Methods

16. A Comparative Analysis of Predictive and Actual Performance of High Performance LEED™ Buildings
Ihab M. K. Elzeyadi

17. Post-Occupancy Evaluation: Research Paradigm or Diagnostic Tool
Franklin Becker

18. Towards Wellbeing: Hospital Evaluation Using the Problem-Seeking Method
Steven Parshall, Sofia Fonseca

19. Evaluating Changes in Sustainability Culture: A Model for Universities and Other Organizations
Robert W. Marans, John Callewaert

20. Mind the Gap: Studying Actual Versus Predicted Performance of Green Buildings in Canada
Shauna Mallory-Hill, Mark Gorgolewski

21. The College and University Campus: Facility Assessments for Long Term Decision Making
Brodie Bain

22. Emerging Trends in Performance Evaluation of Pediatric Intensive Care Units in Japanese Children’s Hospitals
Akikazu Kato, Shiho Mori, Masayuki Kato

23. Feeding the Knowledge Forward: Advancements in Post-Occupancy Evaluation Application Through Collaboration
Lindsey L. Fay

Part V. Epilogue

24. Epilogue: From Building Evaluation to Building Performance Evaluation and Beyond
Jacqueline C. Vischer

Keywords: Engineering, Civil Engineering, Structural Materials, Real Estate Management