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Appendix F: Ch. 5 from Post-Occupancy Evaluation Practices in the Building Process: Opportunities for Improvement
Pages 119-125

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... POE also constitutes an "auditing" tool that can be used by the knowledgeable client. Together with construction audits and other recognized financial accounting practices, POE can track performance of a project, document costly changes to the program requirements, and identify critical strengths or weaknesses associated with a particular facility type.
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From page 120...
... Clearinghouses have helped to advance practice in those fields that build upon precedent and other professionals' work. In the building industry, several professional groups (such as the International Facilities Management Association and the Building Owners and Managers Association Exchange)
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From page 121...
... ITEMS RELATED TO PROCEDURES IN THE BUILDING PROCESS This section considers four topics related to POE practice and procedures: (1) the building performance concept and standards, (2)
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From page 122...
... Facility management can then supply environments that are flexible, respond to the changing needs of users, and are satisfying places in which to live and work. A POE program, especially one that incorporates results into clearinghouses and electronic data bases, can be used to spot potential problems or trends across various facility types before a disaster occurs or a serious health hazard develops.
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From page 123...
... Professional associations such as the Inter123 national Facilities Management Association, the Building Owners Management Association, the National Office Products Association, and others intimately involved with the building industry should be enlisted in this training effort. Economics Trend 7.
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From page 124...
... Psychological imaging, problem solving, and idea generation exercises could be used to augment the CAD capability in order to produce realistic images of actual occupancy experiences. For example, in Japan some developers already use CAD systems to help people design new homes.
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From page 125...
... Models using POE information could be developed with the goal that at some time in the future the building industry will be able to do POEtype testing early in the programming phase of the building process. Planners would be able to ask "what if" questions and test them under various occupancy scenarios.
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Key Terms

  • building industry
  • facilities management
  • building process
  • electronic data
  • facility managers

  • building performance
  • poe program
  • poe programs
  • design concepts
  • design criteria

  • quality buildings
  • building quality
  • building occupants
  • management association
  • building projects

  • poe results
  • poe practitioners
  • facility types
  • building monitoring
  • public sector

  • conducting poes
  • particular design
  • international facilities
  • building owners
  • changing requirements

  • building operators
  • office products
  • poe practice
  • user participation
  • disaster occurs


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