Assessing Building Performance

Zusatztext "...this timely publication offers a collection of key methods and practical skills necessary to carry out building performance assessment." - MCEER Information Service News! March/April 2005 Informationen zum Autor Wolfgang F.E. Preiser Zusammenfassung The building performance evaluation (BPE) framework emphasizes an evaluative stance throughout the six phases of the building delivery and life cycle: (1) strategic planning/needs analysis; (2) program review; (3) design review; (4) post-construction evaluation/review; (5) post-occupancy evaluation; and, (6) facilities management review/adaptive reuse. The lessons learned from positive and negative building performance are fed into future building delivery cycles. The case studies illustrate how this basic methodology has been adapted to a range of cultural contexts, and indicates the positive results of building performance assessment in a wide range of situations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Introduction and Overview, Part II: Performance Assessments in the Building Delivery and Life Cycle, Part III: Case Studies,Part IV: Epilogue and Outlook Into the Future.

Product details

• Authors: Wolfgang (University of Cincinnati Preiser
• Assisted by: Wolfgang Preiser (Editor), Preiser Wolfgang (Editor), Jacqueline Vischer (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2015
• EAN: 9781138174108
• ISBN: 978-1-138-17410-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Construction / General, MATHEMATICS / Mathematical Analysis, ARCHITECTURE / General, Property & real estate, Mechanical Engineering, Heating, lighting, ventilation, Management of real estate, property & plant, Property and real estate, Management of assets: real estate, property and plant