Print Email Facebook Twitter Post-occupancy monitoring of two flats in Madrid: Development and assessment of a mixed methods methodology Title Post-occupancy monitoring of two flats in Madrid: Development and assessment of a mixed methods methodology Author Cuerda, E. Guerra Santin, O. Neila Gonzalez, F.J. Romero Herrera, N.A. Faculty Industrial Design Engineering Department Industrial Design Date 2015-09-09 Abstract Recent research has shown large differences between the expected and the actual energy consumption in buildings. The differences have been attributed partially, to the assumptions made during the design phase of buildings when simulation methods are employed. More accurate occupancy profiles on building operation could help to carry out more precise building performance calculations. This study focuses on the post-occupancy evaluation of two apartments, one renovated and one non renovated, in Madrid within the same building complex. The aim of this paper is to present an application of the mixed-methods methodology (Creswell, 2007) to assess thermal comfort and occupancy practices used in the case studies, and to discuss the shortcomings and opportunities associated with it. The mixed-methods methodology offers strategies for integrating qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate complex phenomena. This approach is expected to contribute to the growing knowledge of occupants’ behaviour and building performance by explaining the differences observed between energy consumption and thermal comfort in relation to people’s saving and comfort practices and the related experiences, preferences and values. Subject post-occupancyenergybuilding performancemonitoringoccupant behaviour To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:15e0d998-b5d7-4cee-8159-795e0704a36b ISBN 978-88-941163-0-4 Source PLEA 2015: 31th International PLEA Conference "Architecture in (R)evolution", Bologna, Italy, 9-11 September 2015 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2015 The Author(s) Files PDF 322862.pdf 1023.9 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:15e0d998-b5d7-4cee-8159-795e0704a36b/datastream/OBJ/view