CIOB Building Performance and Evaluation Guide
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[edit] Summary
Building Performance and Evaluation offers a method to identify, limit and reduce uncertainties in building performance. This guide emphasises that taking a holistic approach can test building design and building performance pre-, during- and post-occupation. It outlines the various tests and methods used in that evaluation, which inform clients, end-users, and practitioners of possible interventions and supports data collection and analysis in order that energy use can be understood and assessed against the energy performance expected.
[edit] Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction: An insight into Building Performance Evaluation
- Chapter 2: Management tools and methodologies to support BPE
- Chapter 3: Design
- Chapter 4: Construction
- Chapter 5: Commissioning
- Chapter 6: Pre-occupancy
- Chapter 7: Post-occupancy
- Chapter 8: Life Cycle Analysis: Extraction, assembly, use, deconstruction, and recycling
[edit] About the author
Chris Gorse (MICOB) is Professor of Construction Engineering and Management at the University of Loughborough and Chair of the CIOB Sustainability Panel and Policy Forum. Leading major research projects for government and industry, with a focus on the built environment, quality and energy efficiency.
Dr Kambiz Rakhshanbabanari is a Research Assistant at Leeds Sustainability Institute, with research experience in energy efficiency and sustainability in residential and commercial buildings, building energy and performance assessment, Life Cycle Analysis, supervised machine learning and building structure reuse.
The Chartered Institute of Building is at the heart of a management career in construction. It is the world’s largest and most influential body for construction management and leadership, with a Royal Charter to promote the science and practice of building and construction for the benefit of society. With over 48,000 members, the CIOB is the international voice of the building professional.
Access the guide at: https://www.ciobacademy.org/product/building-performance-and-evaluation-guide/
This article first appeared on the CIOB Academy website as "Building Performance and Evaluation Guide" in January 2023.
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