... monitoring and employees’ responses toward the impact of wind catchers in building evaluation across three heating modes. Practical implications Employees can predict indoor comfort for passive, active heating and building controls during winter, reducing office syndrome. Increased awareness of wind...

... are divided into environmental, economic and social categories. The second step is a weighting process, to determine the relative importance of each criterion. The third step assesses the current state of the building, evaluating the needs for renovation in relation to the goals set in the first step...

... that it is in the interest of electricity suppliers that we have no idea about our electricity consumption; therefore, they object installation of smart meters. Buildings Sustainability Ranking Indicators Building evaluation Assessment method Buildings are usually associated with high initial investment...

... from reviewed studies Performance measurement Perception Productivity Ergonomics Building evaluation Post-occupancy evaluation Building performance concerning indoor environment quality (IEQ) has gained increasing attention in recent years. The fact that people spend around 90 per...

... 28 06 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only China Public participation Analytical hierarchy process Building evaluation Adaptive reuse Conservation areas Ministry of Education, P. R. China 10YJAZH026...

... Zealand’s earthquake mitigation mandates by identifying buildings most at risk to an earthquake in its large and varied portfolio through the use of a rapid building evaluation programme strategically targeted to vulnerable building types with consequential attributes, including service type, number...

...’ comfort and that smart buildings’ performance in adapting to the psychological needs of the occupants is important. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 USA Surveys Building evaluation Buildings performance measurement Smart buildings Smartness index The concept of “smart...

... certain types of collaborative activities in the academic library of higher education. Young S. Lee can be contacted at: leeyou35@msu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 User studies Libraries Building evaluation The study aimed to identify differences in significant...

...” and “façade”. This incongruity is apparent in our approach to building evaluation as well, with a tendency towards looking at the building plan as the key influence. Concerns about building evaluation were expressed by the environmental psychologist, Canter (1984). He perceived five misconceptions...