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E-M. Manescu, U. Pont, A. Mahdavi:
"Exploring the effectiveness of Building Performance Codes: A Lighting Standard Case Study";
Poster: Proceedings of the CESBP Central European Symposium on Building Physics AND BauSIM 2016, Dresden, Germany; 2016-09-14 - 2016-09-16; in: "Proceedings of the 3rd Central European Symposium on Building Physics", J. Grunewald et al. (ed.); Technische Universität Dresden / Scientific Committee of the CESBP, (2016), ISBN: 9783816797982; 715 - 722.

A multitude of international and national standards aim at ensuring transparence and accountability with regard to building performance criteria. However, there are few studies that address the effectiveness of these standards in view of building design and retrofit support. In certain instances, standards are even perceived as burdens that restrain creativity and increase administrative overhead with little design improvement functionality. As an illustrative case in point, the present contribution focuses on the usability and effectiveness of lighting standards. Toward this end, i) interviews and questionnairies were conducted with a number of lighting professionals concerning the applicability of specific normative documents in typical design projects; ii) an experiment with student participants explored the usability of a widely used lighting standard as applied to typical design evaluation tasks.

A multitude of international and national standards aim at ensuring transparence and accountability with regard to building performance criteria. However, there are few studies that address the effectiveness of these standards in view of building design and retrofit support. In certain instances, standards are even perceived as burdens that restrain creativity and increase administrative overhead with little design improvement functionality. As an illustrative case in point, the present contribution focuses on the usability and effectiveness of lighting standards. Toward this end, i) interviews and questionnairies were conducted with a number of lighting professionals concerning the applicability of specific normative documents in typical design projects; ii) an experiment with student participants explored the usability of a widely used lighting standard as applied to typical design evaluation tasks.

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