TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of operating performance in green buildings
T2 - Energy use, indoor environmental quality and occupant satisfaction
AU - Geng, Yang
AU - Ji, Wenjie
AU - Wang, Zhe
AU - Lin, Borong
AU - Zhu, Yingxin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/1/15
Y1 - 2019/1/15
N2 - This paper aims to review the published researches on post-occupancy performance of green buildings in terms of energy use, indoor environment quality (IEQ) and occupant satisfaction. A total of 925 related papers were searched and 106 articles were screened for deep review. The study also compared the actual operating performance of green buildings in China and the United States, with information collected from previous research. The findings of literature review can be summarized as follows: 1) Though with some exceptional cases, the energy performance of green buildings was on average better than the conventional counterparts with similar climate conditions; 2) A significant gap between the designed and operational energy consumption was found, and lots of green buildings saved less energy than expected; 3) No clear relationship between the actual energy use and the green building certification level could be observed; 4) The actual IEQ conditions of green buildings were not comparable in different countries due to the variance in design criterions and operation modes; 5) Green buildings generally had higher occupants’ satisfaction level than conventional buildings, although the subjective data from the U.S. did not support this inference. Furthermore, this study proposed two areas worthy further investigations in the field of post-occupancy evaluation on green buildings, including new data collection technologies and performance optimization at the comprehensive level.
AB - This paper aims to review the published researches on post-occupancy performance of green buildings in terms of energy use, indoor environment quality (IEQ) and occupant satisfaction. A total of 925 related papers were searched and 106 articles were screened for deep review. The study also compared the actual operating performance of green buildings in China and the United States, with information collected from previous research. The findings of literature review can be summarized as follows: 1) Though with some exceptional cases, the energy performance of green buildings was on average better than the conventional counterparts with similar climate conditions; 2) A significant gap between the designed and operational energy consumption was found, and lots of green buildings saved less energy than expected; 3) No clear relationship between the actual energy use and the green building certification level could be observed; 4) The actual IEQ conditions of green buildings were not comparable in different countries due to the variance in design criterions and operation modes; 5) Green buildings generally had higher occupants’ satisfaction level than conventional buildings, although the subjective data from the U.S. did not support this inference. Furthermore, this study proposed two areas worthy further investigations in the field of post-occupancy evaluation on green buildings, including new data collection technologies and performance optimization at the comprehensive level.
KW - Energy consumption
KW - Green building
KW - Indoor environmental quality (ieq)
KW - Operating performance
KW - Post-occupancy evaluation (poe)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85057332913&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.11.017
DO - 10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.11.017
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85057332913
SN - 0378-7788
VL - 183
SP - 500
EP - 514
JO - Energy and Buildings
JF - Energy and Buildings
ER -