Post-occupancy evaluation, focusing on buildings occupants and their needs, provides insight into the consequences of past design decisions and forms a sound basis for creating better buildings in the future.
This book, first published in 1988, includes a review of the evolution of the field, a conceptual frame-work for POE, and pragmatic information on planning, conducting, and reporting POEs. Post-Occupancy Evaluation categorizes the approaches to building evaluation by describing the three levels of POE effort indicative, investigative, and diagnostic, each differing in terms of time, resources, and personnel needed.
In its scope Post-Occupancy Evaluation is both comprehensive and specific; professionals in the design and planning disciplines will find it an invaluable resource for understanding the theory behind POEs and the procedures needed to put the theory into practice.
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Post-Occupancy Evaluation
Background and Concepts;
1. Uses, Benefits, and History of POE
2. The
Profession and POE
3. The Building Performance Concept; Part 2: The
Post-Occupancy Evaluation Process;
4. The POE Process Model
5. Planning the
POE
6. Conducting the POE
7. Applying the POE; Part 3: Post-Occupancy
Evaluation Case Studies;
8. Indicative POEs of Four Senior Centers in
Albuquerque, New Mexico
9. Investigating POE of the Agricultural Sciences
Building South, University of Kentucky
10. Diagnostic POEs of Elementary
Schools in Columbus, Indiana; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
Wolfgang F.E. Preiser, Harvey Z. Rabinowitz, Edward T. White
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