ESSAY 2Learning from the Innovate UK building performance evaluation programme
Tom Kordel, XC02
In May 2010 Innovate UK began an £8m funding programme of building performance evaluation (BPE) studies for new buildings in the UK. In total 101 in-depth post-occupancy studies were completed on a range of domestic and non-domestic building types, with the aim of identifying the extent of and contributing factors to the ‘performance gap’. The studies involved project teams collecting design and in-use operational data in order to assess performance aspects such as energy, CO2, comfort and occupant satisfaction.
This chapter discusses the programme’s ...
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