A Case Study of Post-Occupancy Evaluation of an Educational Building With LEED Platinum Rating

Methods To Conduct Poe Studies

Due to the several approaches that POE studies can take, its approach could vary from highly technological methodologies involving hard data, to socio-psychological interests where more subjective parameters are used to evaluate the performance of a building. Hence, the method to be undertaken in a POE is usually defined by the objectives being pursued and the areas of interest to the stakeholder. As a consequence, a vast number of POE methods and techniques are available worldwide, allowing for an array of different evaluations to be performed in numerous types of buildings (Turpin-Brooks and Viccars 2006).

The tools employed in POE include plan analysis, monitoring of indoor environment quality (IEQ), indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal performance, and surveys including walkthroughs, observations, user satisfaction questionnaires and interviews.