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commentLooking Back and Moving Forward
Postoccupancy evaluations offer a systematic process for assessing completed projects, pointing the way to better-performing buildings.
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Questions:
Program Code: 028EDIT1
LU: 1
1. A postoccupancy evaluation can consist of which?
a. an analysis of resource consumption
b. an interview or survey with occupants
c. an assessment of physical conditions
d. all of the above
2. A postoccupancy evaluation is also sometimes called which?
a. environmental design evaluation
b. building-in-use assessment
c. facility performance evaluation
d. all of the above
3. Postoccupancy evaluations can advance sustainable design by which?
a. establishing green standards
b. identifying strategies that work best
c. limiting the liability of architects
d. concealing the unsuccessful aspects of a project
4. The CBE survey provides which?
a. physical measurements of environmental conditions
b. energy and water consumption numbers
c. feedback from occupants
d. feedback from facility operators
5. A systematic and reliable way to gather information about occupant comfort
is which?
a. suggestion-box submissions
b. interviews with building facility managers
c. a survey of the building occupants
d. interviews with the building owner
6. The postoccupancy evaluations conducted by HOK revealed a correlation
between which?
a. high thermal comfort and low energy use
b. low thermal comfort and low energy use
c. high thermal comfort and high energy use
d. none of the above
7. HOK found that those projects that used more energy also had which?
a. late design changes
b. minimal commissioning
c. no sustainable design consultant integral to team
d. all of the above
8. In the postoccupancy evaluations of buildings by EHDD and HOK,
dissatisfaction with acoustics was often associated with which?
a. high energy use
b. natural ventilation
c. open office layout
d. daylighting
9. As a result of its postoccupancy evaluations, HOK is putting more emphasis
on all except which?
a. integrated design
b. analysis tools for daylighting and acoustics
c. value engineering
d. commissioning
10. The postoccupancy evaluation protocol in development by NBI is intended
to provide which?
a. a basic set of building-performance indicators
b. a comprehensive set of building-performance indicators
c. an assessment tool for a Seattle-area school district
d. sustainable design standards
