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"POEs are a shockingly direct procedure for judging how well a building works by formally serving the occupants, especially the people who clean, service, or repair the building and know its failures all too well. Trained observers also watch and photograph how the building is used, comparing what actually is happening against what was intended."
—Stewart Brand, How Buildings Learn

Why invest the time, resources, and personnel to undertake a post-occupancy evaluation or POE? Because organizations sponsoring buildings, occupants of the buildings being evaluated, and designers of those buildings ultimately benefit.

Features

• IBP introduces the three different types of POE—indicative, investigative, and diagnostic—as well as its phases—planning, conducting, and applying.
• Learn how and why POE is considered a subphase of a more systemic analysis known as building performance evaluation.
• Supplementary materials include four detailed case studies, a lengthy resource listing, and prototypical POE forms.

Author
Wolfgang F.E. Preiser, Ph.D., is a professor of architecture at the University of Cincinnati and a consultant specializing in post-occupancy evaluation and building performance. Dr. Preiser has published 13 books on topics including POE, facility programming, universal design, and design research.

Continuing Education and Cost Information
Monograph and quiz:
$250 ($150 for current NCARB Record holders)

134 pages
10 PDUs and 10 AIA LUs (in health, safety, and welfare)