Development of a Building Occupant Survey System with 3D Spatial Information

Abstract

This paper summarizes the recent post-occupancy evaluation (POE) method studies and latest literature reviews. According to the research trends, data visualization of an occupant’s feedback is an important perspective and surveys through POE methods have provided a quick and cost-effective approach for gathering and analyzing an occupant’s feedback. Therefore, the objective of this study is to establish a web-based building occupant survey system that incorporates new approaches based on a geographic information system (GIS) tool and open-source spatial information. This paper reports the following to provide the detailed system framework: (1) development requirements from literature reviews; (2) integration of collected data and 3D (three dimensional) spatial information; (3) system processes and user-friendly functions; and (4) pilot test and data visualization. The difference between the proposed platform and existing online survey systems is that in the former the survey responses are linked to the 3D spatial information of the buildings on a map. Thus, the results provide more intuitive insights for building managers and occupants to identify specific performance issues related to the building.

The post-renovation indoor environmental quality in a research institute: 3D visualization in the map

“…In addition, this study used the Korean Building Occupant Survey System (K-BOSS), which can collect surveys online and visualize the measured data [7]. K-BOSS can perform a survey in conjunction with the shape and space information of a building and visualize the collected data in 3D.…”

Indoor Environmental Quality Survey in Research Institute: A Floor-by-Floor Analysis

“…A web-based survey system equipped with appropriate survey questions and a user interface enables the quick collection of survey response information and helps process and analyze the response results using an accumulated database [17]. Lee and Kim [14] compared and analyzed the online building occupant survey systems in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and, Lee et al [18] developed a new prototype of the Korea building occupant survey system (KBOSS).…”

“…That is, from the pop-up window on the right-hand side, as shown in The z-coordinate floor information is automatically linked to the floor numbers a each building address using the building information open database provided by the Ko rean government. Figure 3 illustrates the concept of vertical visualization of the respons results as well as horizontal floors [14,18]. However, in this study, KBOSS was used onl for the survey implementation, but not for the floor analysis.…”