Indoor Environmental Quality Survey: A Brief Comparison between Different Post Occupancy Evaluation Methods

Galatioto, Alessandra; Leone, G.; Milone, Daniele; Pitruzzella, Salvatore; Franzitta, Vincenzo

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.864-867.1148

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“…al. [121] provided reviews of the questionnaires above. Gupta and Chandiwala summarized short-term and long-term techniques to collect occupant feedback, with a focus on applications for housing [122].…”

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Post-occupancy evaluation: State-of-the-art analysis and state-of-the-practice review

Froese

Brager

2018

Building and Environment

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Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) is a process of evaluating the performance of a building after it has been occupied for at least several years. The authors conducted a comprehensive and critical review to provide a both qualitative and quantitative introduction of POE, including a brief introduction of the history, definition and benefits of POE, a statistical analysis of 146 POE projects since 2010, a comparison of 13 existing POE protocols, a summary of emerging research focuses, and potential future research areas. The 146 POE projects were analyzed in terms of building types, countries, purposes, methods used, and key findings. The review of 13 POE 2 protocols show the state-of-the-practice POE techniques. Apart from POE projects, the authors present emerging research topics related to the visualization of POE results, analyses of occupant survey database, and measurement of occupancy. Finally, the discussion summarizes the current condition of POE research and proposes five transitions that POE efforts should pursue: from

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Section: Poe Protocolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Post-occupancy evaluation: State-of-the-art analysis and state-of-the-practice review

Froese

Brager

2018

Building and Environment

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“…This can lead to unfounded complaints against the building (Deuble and de Dear 2014). The Building Use Studies (BUS) occupant survey, Center for the Built Environment (CBE) survey, and Building Occupants Survey System Australia (BOSSA) are industry recognised POE surveys that are in use today (Peretti and Schiavon 2011;Galatioto et al 2013;Candido et al 2016). Current POE surveys pay little attention to interior finishes.…”

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A post-occupancy evaluation of the influence of wood on environmental comfort

Watchman

Potvin

Demers

2017

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Emerging research on the impact of interior finishes, more specifically wood, is beginning to shed light on informed design opportunities. As a natural building material with unique features, wood creates warm and pleasant atmospheres and has the potential of enhancing the well-being of occupants. This research attempted to better understand how occupants perceive wood in built environments and whether its indoor use influenced the satisfaction of occupants. The comfort of occupants may have been influenced by factors that were unrelated to the indoor environmental quality, which caused difficulties in comparing interior finishes in existing environments and limited research in this field. An exploratory comparative study, within a post-occupancy evaluation framework, investigated the subjective perception of occupants in relation to physical comfort factors. Thirty-six occupants completed a questionnaire to examine comfort satisfaction in a multifunctional room with extensive wooden interior finishes in comparison with a similar space without wood surfaces. The results indicated that occupants were more satisfied in the extensive wood surfaced room in terms of lighting, noise, and temperature, despite the similar environmental conditions in both spaces. Adjectives often used to describe the wood room included bright, pleasant, modern, and warm. Architects should consider the subjective qualities of wood when designing comfortable buildings.

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“…The two largest IEQ surveys used worldwide are the Building Use Studies Ltd.'s BUS Methodology, and the Centre for the Built Environment's Occupant Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) Survey (BUS, 2016;CBE, 2014;Dykes, 2012). The CBE survey is only available online, while the BUS Methodology is recommended to be completed using the paper version (Galatioto, Leone, Milone, Pitruzzella, & Franzitta, 2013). The National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) is an environmental performance measure of office buildings, schools and homes in Australia (NSW Government, 2016).…”

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The Impact of Indoor Environment Quality on People on the Autism Spectrum

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<p>People on the autism spectrum are widely reported to have differences in how they process sensory information compared to people not on the autism spectrum (neurotypical). These differences in sensory processing are prevalent regardless of age or IQ level. All people are affected by the built environment, with indoor environment quality (IEQ) linked to comfort, productivity, health and wellbeing. However, there is little research about the direct impact of the built environment on autistic adults. This study investigates whether differences in sensory processing impact how autistic people experience the built environment, and whether there were patterns in the effects of different IEQ factors. Adults on the autism spectrum (n=83), neurotypical control adults (n=134), and adults with other conditions affecting sensory processing or who were closely related to someone on the autism spectrum (n=59) participated in an anonymous online survey. Participants were asked about their home and workplace, experiences of the general built environment, and general sensory sensitivity. Autistic participants, who reported significantly higher sensory processing scores than Control participants, consistently reported higher levels of discomfort in both their home and workplace environments, feeling more overwhelming, stressed, and distracted, and less safe than the Control group in both environments. Though shopping malls, supermarkets, other retail and medical buildings are all essential buildings that people need to frequent to meet material needs and stay healthy, they all caused greater discomfort and distress for Autistic participants, who also avoided them more often. The odds of an Autistic participant avoiding buildings was 8.8 times greater than the Control group. Higher discomfort and distress reported by Autistic participants in office buildings may affects the low employment rates in this population. People and People Noise were the IEQ factors that, across multiple environments, were rated as highest as a cause of discomfort and avoidance and had the largest difference between Autistic and Control participants, followed by Glare and Electric Light. Meanwhile, Temperature was rated equally highly by both groups, having a large effect but no difference between groups, with a similar trend seen in Air Quality and Air Movement. Autistic people already struggle with social isolation, early mortality, and low employment rates, which are likely compounded by greater sensory stress from the built environment. Further research into understanding the relationship between the effects of the indoor environment and the differences in sensory processing in people on the autism spectrum is essential to creating solutions for a more accessible built environment.</p>

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Indoor Environmental Quality Survey: A Brief Comparison between Different Post Occupancy Evaluation Methods

Cited by 16 publications

References 6 publications

Post-occupancy evaluation: State-of-the-art analysis and state-of-the-practice review

Post-occupancy evaluation: State-of-the-art analysis and state-of-the-practice review

A post-occupancy evaluation of the influence of wood on environmental comfort

The Impact of Indoor Environment Quality on People on the Autism Spectrum

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