Assessing Building Performance

Preiser, Wolfgang; Vischer, Jacqueline C.

doi:10.4324/9780080455228

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“…These projects, which were viewed as successful but limited, led to the commissioning of the research programme described in the present paper. Perhaps more saliently, it was the recognition that translating research, either new or extant, into changed business practices would require more than an application of the principles of building performance evaluation, where the evaluation of the past informs future projects (Preiser et al, 2005). It would, at least for the PBS, require that the entire process be reconceived from the viewpoint of organizational performance.…”

Section: The Workplace 20 20 Approachmentioning

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The strategic workplace: development and evaluation

Kampschroer¹,

Heerwagen²

2005

Building Research & Information

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The US General Services Administration initiated a new programme that aims to understand better the linkages between the workplace and organizational effectiveness. This programme was motivated by the desire to bring the federal workplace into better alignment with the technological, organizational and demographic shifts that characterize work today. The process and methodologies in pilot projects are used to develop a workplace that more effectively supports the client organization's business goals and needs than current workspaces. The research approach studies these sites pre-and post-occupancy to identify the extent to which desired outcomes have been achieved. The research approach uses the Balanced Scorecard as a framework for developing goals, hypotheses and metrics for each project.

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Section: The Workplace 20 20 Approachmentioning

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The strategic workplace: development and evaluation

Kampschroer¹,

Heerwagen²

2005

Building Research & Information

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“…The task now is to get the techniques widely adopted as part of all procurement routes, e.g. using the Soft Landings approach (Way and Bordass, 2005) in conjunction with other techniques, for example as described by Preiser and Vischer (2005) and other references. User Groups are also planned that will concentrate on the specific priorities and requirements of individual building types or sectors (e.g.…”

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“…changing attitudes, getting clients and the industry to realize that follow-through and feedback are not an option, but an essential part of the process . changing that process, taking a broader view, as in Preiser and Vischer (2005), and using techniques such as Soft Landings to pave the way by beginning to attach feedback and follow-through processes to familiar procurement procedures…”

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Making feedback and post-occupancy evaluation routine 3: Case studies of the use of techniques in the feedback portfolio

Bordass¹,

Leaman²

2005

Building Research & Information

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Although there is increasing interest in building performance, the people who procure, design and construct buildings seldom engage closely with the performance of the buildings they have created. This paper outlines the results of 14 case studies where designers and their clients used one or more techniques chosen from a portfolio of ten to evaluate their buildings or processes at any stage in the life cycle of a project. It is revealed that considerable value could be obtained for relatively low effort, helping to improve both the performance of the building concerned and the skills and insights of the participants; and that there was value in using established techniques that were robust, costeffective and had benchmarks available where appropriate. It proved easier to undertake a survey than to get people together to discuss their experience. However, after the procurement process had started, it proved difficult to incorporate feedback, because everyone was already committed to a particular mode of operation.Keywords: case studies, client satisfaction, design quality, feedback, innovation, learning, post-occupancy evaluation, process improvement, professional services, quality control, techniques, user group En dépit d'un intérêt croissant pour les performances des bâ timents, tous ceux qui approvisionnent, conçoivent et construisent des bâ timents s'engagent rarement en ce qui concerne les performances des bâ timents qu'ils ont créés. Cet article présente succinctement les résultats de 14 études de cas se rapportant à des concepteurs et à leurs clients qui ont utilisé une ou plusieurs techniques sélectionnées dans un catalogue de dix techniques pour évaluer leurs bâ timents ou leurs processus à n'importe quel stage du cycle de vie d'un projet. Il apparaît que l'on pourrait obtenir une valeur considérable pour un effort relativement modéré, qui aiderait à améliorer tant les performances des bâ timents concernés que les compétences et les connaissances approfondies des participants et aussi qu'il était intéressant d'utiliser des techniques établies robustes, rentables et comportant des repères le cas échéant. Il s'est avéré plus facile d'entreprendre une étude que de rassembler des personnes pour débattre de leur expérience. Cependant, après le démarrage du processus d'approvisionnement, il est apparu difficile d'intégrer le retour d'information, chacun étant déjà engagé dans un mode particulier de fonctionnement.

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“…Identificados, os aspectos positivos podem ser reproduzidos e os aspectos negativos, evitados em futuros projetos de edificações. Os resultados das APO podem ainda contribuir para o aperfeiçoamento de normas de desempenho na avaliação de sistemas construtivos ao longo das etapas de projeto, construção, uso, operação e manutenção de edificações (VILLA, ORNSTEIN, 2013;FINCH, 2012;RHEINGANTZ et al, 2009;VOORDT, WEGEN, 2005;PREISER, VISCHER, 2005;ROMÉRO, ORNSTEIN, 2003;THOMSEN, 2002).…”

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Avaliação Pós-Ocupação: Pré-Teste De Instrumentos Para Verificação Do Desempenho De Empreendimentos Habitacionais Em Sistemas Construtivos Inovadores

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Ornstein

Oliveira

et al. 2015

Gest. Tecnol. Proj.

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RESUMO Este artigo discute a importância do pré-teste e os resultados de sua aplicação em um procedimento para avaliação de desempenho de empreendimentos habitacionais em uso, visando a contribuir para o conhecimento sobre a qualidade do ambiente construído e dos sistemas construtivos inovadores especificados dentro de uma visão sistêmica do ciclo de vida útil das edificações. O procedimento padronizado proposto, englobando um conjunto de instrumentos otimizados para avaliação de desempenho, teve como base a metodologia da Avaliação Pós-Ocupação (APO) e os requisitos e critérios da norma brasileira ABNT/NBR 15575:2013. Ressalta-se que esse conjunto de instrumentos foi concebido para permitir uma avaliação preliminar do atendimento do sistema construtivo inovador de empreendimentos habitacionais aos requisitos de desempenho definidos em normas brasileiras, considerando suas principais características. Os instrumentos propostos e pré-testados indicam ser fundamental a participação dos usuários (moradores) na avaliação das habitações em fase de uso, combinada com a aplicação de instrumentos para a avaliação técnica de desempenho realizada por especialistas, como forma de obtenção de insumos essenciais para aprimorar o processo e a gestão visando à garantia da qualidade arquitetônica e construtiva. PALAVRAS-CHAVE:Avaliação Pós-Ocupação, Avaliação de desempenho, Pré-teste, Edifícios habitacionais; Sistemas construtivos inovadores, Instrumentos de avaliação.ABSTRACT This article discusses the importance of pre-testing and the results of its application in a procedure for performance evaluation of occupied residential buildings to contribute for improving the knowledge about the quality of both the built environment and the innovative building systems specified within a systemic view of the life cycle of buildings. The proposed standardized procedure, involving a set of tools optimized for performance evaluation, was based on the methodology of the Post-Occupancy Evaluation and also on requirements and criteria established by the Brazilian Standard ABNT/NBR 15575:2013. It is emphasized that this set of tools was designed to allow a preliminary assessment of the service provided by the innovative building system for housing developments to performance requirements for Brazilian standards, considering its main features. The proposed and pretested instruments pointed out that the participation of users (residents) is essential for the performance evaluation of residential buildings in use, combined with the application of instruments for the technical evaluation of the performance by experts as a way to obtain essential inputs to improve the process and management aiming at ensuring architectural and constructive quality.

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Assessing Building Performance

Cited by 183 publications

References 35 publications

The strategic workplace: development and evaluation

The strategic workplace: development and evaluation

Making feedback and post-occupancy evaluation routine 3: Case studies of the use of techniques in the feedback portfolio

Avaliação Pós-Ocupação: Pré-Teste De Instrumentos Para Verificação Do Desempenho De Empreendimentos Habitacionais Em Sistemas Construtivos Inovadores

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