Process / pipelineBuilding performance and occupant assessment
Post-Occupancy Evaluation
Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is a systematic method for assessing how well a completed building meets the needs and expectations of its occupants, comparing planned performance to actual performance. Formalized by Wolfgang Preiser in the 1980s, POE has become essential for learning what design strategies work, identifying problems for remediation, and improving future projects.
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Sources
- Preiser, W. F., Rabinowitz, H. Z., White, E. T. (1988). Post-Occupancy Evaluation. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. link ↗
- Leaman, A., Stevenson, F. (2010). Evaluating Operation and Use of the Building. Building Research and Information, 38(3), 287-301. DOI: 10.1080/09613211003616946 ↗
- Baird, G. (2010). Sustainable Building in Practice: What the Users Think. Routledge, London. DOI: 10.4324/9780203873762 ↗