Successful Implementation of Air Tightness Requirements for Residential...
Increasing the air tightness of homes is a cost-effective way to increase energy efficiency. But, as homes are made tighter attention must be paid to providing ventilation air to maintain a healthy...
View ArticleEnergy Efficient Architectural Design Strategies in Hot‐Dry Area of Iran: Kashan
Climate had a major effect on the performance of the traditional building architecture and its energy consumption in hot dry area of Iran. Lack of water and energy sources in these areas forced people...
View ArticleParticipation of the Architect and the Users in the Building Process
This paper presents the case study of the Korinthos apartment building in Nicosia, Cyprus, designed in concert with Christopher Alexander's principles of an integrated design process to create...
View ArticleSymposium: NOFIM: Case of a PDR and a POE
Since it is so rare that a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) follows use of pre-design research (PDR), this symposium proposes to have only two papers, the pre-design research, followed by the post...
View ArticleHousehold Crowding and Mental Health: The Importance of Exposure Duration
The present longitudinal study on residential density, interpersonal processes, and psychological health illustrates the importance of exposure duration in environment-health research. With longer...
View ArticleGreen Building Practices for Residential Construction and Natural Hazard...
Building green has become more common as the nation focuses on achieving energy savings and other environmental goals. As such, green building practices are increasingly being incorporated into...
View ArticleA Normalization Procedure in Building Methodology
In the design of large electrical, mechanical, structural, etc., systems, the architect frequently faces a normalization problem: given a system made by a large number of components, a procedure,...
View ArticleAn Information System for Component Building
An information system for building design is explored as a case history, with emphasis on the characteristics most important to the user. Experience with the system suggested that key criteria are the...
View ArticleHousing with Dignity: A Post-Occupancy Evaluation of Single Resident...
This paper reports on a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) of single resident occupancy (SRO) units. The evaluation team investigated current conditions in several SRO buildings in San Francisco,...
View ArticleBeyond Conflict: Participatory Design with the Homeless--A New Design for...
Like most cities in America, Atlanta had a substantial number of homeless citizens. The Task Force for the Homeless has bee working for years to support those needing shelter in Atlanta and continues...
View ArticleThe Influence of Physical Changes in Communal Open Spaces on Performance...
The study investigates the relationships between physical characteristics of communal open spaces in residential environments, types of outdoor appropriation, resident satisfaction with visual...
View ArticleSixty Years of Transition in a Planned Company Town, with a Portrayal of...
Most company towns in the United States, because of their paternalistic overtones and rather minimal design standards, receive scant attention in reviews of previous new town and new community...
View ArticleThe Evaluation of Family Satisfaction with the Design of the Stacked Maisonette
This paper examines the problem of analyzing the mix and weight of preselected behavioral and demographic factors contributing to residential satisfaction in the organization of family types. To solve...
View ArticlePersonal Construct Theory and Environmental Evaluation
This paper focuses on two aspects of the results of applying a Personal Construct Theory approach to environmental evaluation. It concludes with discussion about possible applications of the approach...
View ArticleThe Role of Research in the Development of Performance Standards
The assumptions underlying much of the current discussion about industrialized building systems for housing are that research should investigate the needs of users of housing, that the resulting...
View ArticleResidential Healthcare Facilities 2014 Guidelines Revision Project: Access to...
Evidence based research, as well as anecdotal information has revealed that access to nature and natural light has a positive influence on the well-being of individuals. An added dimension to the focus...
View ArticleResidenital Healthcare Facilities 2014 Guidelines Revision Project: Culture...
Culture change began as a movement to change long term care from an institutional model of care toward one that is residential in scale and person-centered. The culture change movement began promoting...
View ArticleResidential Healthcare Facilities 2014 Guidelines Revision Project: Household...
With the advent of culture change in the long-term care market, it was viewed as necessary to provide minimal guidelines that would assist authorities having jurisdiction and designers to identify...
View ArticleResidential Healthcare Facilities 2014 Guidelines Revision Project: Resident...
It is generally recognized that there is an increase in usage of resident operated mobility devices in long term care settings. This is supported by evidence based research information on aging...
View ArticleResidential Healthcare Facilities 2014 Guidelines Revision Project: Resident...
The workgroup reviewed and evaluated the criteria for resident rooms currently provided within the 2010 Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities. Current language utilizes a...
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