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Facilitating responsive interaction between occupants and building systems through dynamic post-occupancy evaluation

Facilitating responsive interaction between occupants and building systems through dynamic post-occupancy evaluation
Facilitating responsive interaction between occupants and building systems through dynamic post-occupancy evaluation

Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) is a process that can reveal the interrelations between key building performance factors and successfully integrate indoor environmental quality, thermal comfort, functionality, environmental strategy and occupants' satisfaction. POE has become a prerequisite for several building certification systems and it is often presented as a method to improve the commissioning of buildings and as a user experience feedback mechanism. This paper is based on a POE undertaken through stages at the University of Southampton Mayflower Halls of Residence complex. The first stage included the evaluation of occupant satisfaction, indoor environment quality and energy use. Results from temperature and relative humidity monitoring and an online POE questionnaire were analysed in the context of energy use, thermal comfort and building controls' functionality. The second part of this study monitored the air temperature in a sub-sample of 30 rooms where the residents participated in a thermal comfort survey with a "right-here-right-now" questionnaire and a portable instrument that monitored air temperature, relative humidity, globe temperature and air velocity in the rooms. This paper presents the results of the POE and discusses approaches for the improvement in the buildings' energy performance and the environmental conditions in the living spaces of the students. Results suggest that current use of controls is not always effective, with implications for the buildings' energy use. Large variability was found in occupants' thermal perception and preferences, which points to a need for occupant-centric solutions. In this study, POE is approached as a dynamic process that could be used to facilitate the responsive interaction of occupants with building systems and deliver through their engagement high energy performance and comfort.

Bourikas, L.
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Teli, D.
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Amin, R.
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James, P. A.B.
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Amin, R.
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James, P. A.B.
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Bourikas, L., Teli, D., Amin, R., James, P. A.B. and Bahaj, A. S. (2020) Facilitating responsive interaction between occupants and building systems through dynamic post-occupancy evaluation. Sustainability in the Built Environment for Climate Change Mitigation, SBE 2019, , Thessaloniki, Greece. 23 - 25 Oct 2019. (doi:10.1088/1755-1315/410/1/012021).

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Abstract

Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) is a process that can reveal the interrelations between key building performance factors and successfully integrate indoor environmental quality, thermal comfort, functionality, environmental strategy and occupants' satisfaction. POE has become a prerequisite for several building certification systems and it is often presented as a method to improve the commissioning of buildings and as a user experience feedback mechanism. This paper is based on a POE undertaken through stages at the University of Southampton Mayflower Halls of Residence complex. The first stage included the evaluation of occupant satisfaction, indoor environment quality and energy use. Results from temperature and relative humidity monitoring and an online POE questionnaire were analysed in the context of energy use, thermal comfort and building controls' functionality. The second part of this study monitored the air temperature in a sub-sample of 30 rooms where the residents participated in a thermal comfort survey with a "right-here-right-now" questionnaire and a portable instrument that monitored air temperature, relative humidity, globe temperature and air velocity in the rooms. This paper presents the results of the POE and discusses approaches for the improvement in the buildings' energy performance and the environmental conditions in the living spaces of the students. Results suggest that current use of controls is not always effective, with implications for the buildings' energy use. Large variability was found in occupants' thermal perception and preferences, which points to a need for occupant-centric solutions. In this study, POE is approached as a dynamic process that could be used to facilitate the responsive interaction of occupants with building systems and deliver through their engagement high energy performance and comfort.

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Published date: 24 January 2020
Additional Information: Funding Information: This work is part of the activities of the Energy and Climate Change Division, Sustainable Energy Research Group at the University of Southampton (www.energy.soton.ac.uk) and the Division of Building Services Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology. The authors would like to thank the Estates and Facilities of the University of Southampton and the facility managers of the Mayflower Halls of Residence complex for their help, cooperation and valuable support. Part of the work was supported by The Swedish Research Council FORMAS (project Nr 2018-00698). Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Venue - Dates: Sustainability in the Built Environment for Climate Change Mitigation, SBE 2019, , Thessaloniki, Greece, 2019-10-23 - 2019-10-25

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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/467328
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ORCID for L. Bourikas: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5289-2157
ORCID for D. Teli: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7044-0050
ORCID for P. A.B. James: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2694-7054
ORCID for A. S. Bahaj: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0043-6045

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Author: D. Teli ORCID iD
Author: R. Amin
Author: P. A.B. James ORCID iD
Author: A. S. Bahaj ORCID iD

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