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2 The Evolution of Post-Occupancy Evaluation: Toward Building Performance and Universal Design Evaluation
2 The Evolution of Post-Occupancy Evaluation: Toward Building Performance and Universal Design Evaluation
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The next step and new paradigm of universal design evaluation is outlined. Last but not least, questions and issues regarding the future of building performance evaluation are raised.
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POE evaluation criteria may include, but are not solely based on, technical performance specifications. · Measures used in POEs include indices related to organizational and occupant performance, such as worker satisfaction and productivity, as well as measures of building performance referred to above (e.g., acoustic and lighting levels, adequacy of space and spatial relationships)
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Objective evaluation criteria either are explicitly stated in the functional program of a facility or have to be compiled from guidelines, performance standards, and published literature on a given building type. The outcome is a thorough understanding of the causes and effects of issues in building performance.
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Short-term benefits include the following: · identification of and solutions to problems in facilities, · proactive facility management responsive to building user values, · improved space utilization and feedback on build. ~ 1ng performance, · improved attitude of building occupants through active involvement in the evaluation process, · understanding of the performance implications of
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The time dimension was the major added feature, plus internal review or troubleshooting and testing cycles in each of the six phases. The integrative framework shown in Figure 2-2 attempts to respect the complex nature of performance evaluation in the building delivery cycle, as well as the life cycle of buildings.
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Phase 5 Occupancy: During this phase, movein and start-up of the facility occur, as well as fine-tuning by adjusting the facility and its occupants to achieve optimal functioning. Loop 5 POE: Building performance evaluation
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Exposure of students in 15 the design disciplines to philosophical, conceptual, methodological, and practical considerations of universal design is advocated as the new paradigm for "design of the future." UNIVERSAL DESIGN PERFORMANCE The goal of universal design is to achieve universal design performance of designs ranging from products and occupied buildings to transportation infrastructure and information technology that are perceived to support or impede individual, communal, or organizational goals and activities. Since this chapter was commissioned by the Federal Facilities Council, the remainder of the discussion will focus on buildings and the built environment as far as universal design is concerned.
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PERFORMANCE LEVELS Subgoals of building performance may be structured into three performance levels pertaining to user needs: G Goals C Performance Criteria o Outcome: Built Environment/ Product p Performance Measures Evaluator
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For each setting and occupant group, respective performance levels of pertinent sensory environments and quality performance criteria are required (e.g., for the acoustic, luminous, gustatory, olfactory, visual, tactile, thermal, and gravitational environments)
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presented a chapter on a three-day POE training workshop and prototype test19 ing module, which involved both the facility planners and designers and the building occupants (after one year of occupancy) , a formula that has proven to be very effective in generating useful performance feedback data.
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and urban design scales (Guimaraes, 2001; Manley, 2001~. In addition, the International Building Performance Evaluation project (Preiser, 2001)
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, offer current experiences and future directions in universal design education and training. CONCLUSIONS For universal design to become viable and truly integrated into the building delivery cycle of mainstream architecture and the construction industry, it will be critical to have all future students in these fields familiarized with universal design, on one hand, and to demonstrate to practicing professionals the viability of the concept through a range of POE-based UDEs, including exemplary case study examples, on the other.
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. Intelligent office building performance evaluation in the cross-cultural context: A methodological outline.
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