New low-carbon houses are designed to reduce heat losses through improved airtightness
and increased insulation, raising the risk of overheating and inadequate ventilation. This …

To present a systematic literature review on predesign evaluation (PDE), postoccupancy
evaluation (POE), and evidence-based design (EBD); to delimit the concepts and …

This unique book discusses programming, design and building evaluation providing a
'joined up'approach to building design. By linking the functional and architectonic qualities of …

This study focuses on calibration and test campaigns of an IoT camera-based sensor system
to monitor occupancy, as part of an ongoing research project aiming at defining a Building …

Buildings are established to meet the needs and desires of users. The purpose of a building
is defeated if its users are not satisfied by the overall building performance. This study …

This study evaluates the residential environments of five low-income and three medium-
income public housing estates in Lagos, Nigeria. The specific objectives were: to appraise …

The purpose of this chapter is to define and provide a rationale for the existence of building
performance evaluation. Its history and evolution from post-occupancy evaluation over the …

This article chronicles the evolution of the field of postoccupancy evaluation and visual
quality (aesthetic) programming and evaluation from their origins in the 1960s, and …

Since the 1980s, research has studied the ways in which people are affected both
'objectively'and 'subjectively'by their physical environment at work. At that time, the concept …

Purpose Several healthcare quality assessment tools measure the processes and outcomes
of the care system. The actual physical infrastructure (buildings and organizational) aspects …