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Presentation at the 8/26/2015 Kansas City Energy Summit: From Benchmarking to Retrofits. The productivity/health benefits resulting from sustainable improvements to facilities and their operations typically outweigh the associated building operational savings, often substantially. Research has also demonstrated a correlation between energy/operational performance and productivity/health improving one often improves the other. All else being equal, when a high performance facilitys design and operations is aligned with occupant needs, its more likely to have comfortable, satisfied and healthy occupants. Such occupants are more likely to embrace sustainable building and policy improvements, and less likely to act in their own interest to meet their needs at the expense of building operations. But true alignment of design, operations and/or behavior based programs (including specific energy conservation measures) with occupant needs and behaviors requires a deeper level of occupant engagement than we often see. The presenter, referencing case studies, will discuss the what and how of specific occupant engagement methods (from surveys to participant observation) that can be performed as part of the benchmarking process to help ensure any improvements made are best aligned with a specific facilitys occupant population]]>
Presentation at the 8/26/2015 Kansas City Energy Summit: From Benchmarking to Retrofits. The productivity/health benefits resulting from sustainable improvements to facilities and their operations typically outweigh the associated building operational savings, often substantially. Research has also demonstrated a correlation between energy/operational performance and productivity/health improving one often improves the other. All else being equal, when a high performance facilitys design and operations is aligned with occupant needs, its more likely to have comfortable, satisfied and healthy occupants. Such occupants are more likely to embrace sustainable building and policy improvements, and less likely to act in their own interest to meet their needs at the expense of building operations. But true alignment of design, operations and/or behavior based programs (including specific energy conservation measures) with occupant needs and behaviors requires a deeper level of occupant engagement than we often see. The presenter, referencing case studies, will discuss the what and how of specific occupant engagement methods (from surveys to participant observation) that can be performed as part of the benchmarking process to help ensure any improvements made are best aligned with a specific facilitys occupant population]]> Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:08:19 GMT /slideshow/deeper-levels-of-occupant-engagement-to-ensure-energy-savings-and-productivityhealth-improvements/52093562 marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) Deeper Levels of Occupant Engagement to Ensure Energy Savings and Productivity/Health Improvements marcel.harmon Presentation at the 8/26/2015 Kansas City Energy Summit: From Benchmarking to Retrofits. The productivity/health benefits resulting from sustainable improvements to facilities and their operations typically outweigh the associated building operational savings, often substantially. Research has also demonstrated a correlation between energy/operational performance and productivity/health improving one often improves the other. All else being equal, when a high performance facilitys design and operations is aligned with occupant needs, its more likely to have comfortable, satisfied and healthy occupants. Such occupants are more likely to embrace sustainable building and policy improvements, and less likely to act in their own interest to meet their needs at the expense of building operations. But true alignment of design, operations and/or behavior based programs (including specific energy conservation measures) with occupant needs and behaviors requires a deeper level of occupant engagement than we often see. The presenter, referencing case studies, will discuss the what and how of specific occupant engagement methods (from surveys to participant observation) that can be performed as part of the benchmarking process to help ensure any improvements made are best aligned with a specific facilitys occupant population <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/occupantengagement-marcelharmon-150826140819-lva1-app6891-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Presentation at the 8/26/2015 Kansas City Energy Summit: From Benchmarking to Retrofits. The productivity/health benefits resulting from sustainable improvements to facilities and their operations typically outweigh the associated building operational savings, often substantially. Research has also demonstrated a correlation between energy/operational performance and productivity/health improving one often improves the other. All else being equal, when a high performance facilitys design and operations is aligned with occupant needs, its more likely to have comfortable, satisfied and healthy occupants. Such occupants are more likely to embrace sustainable building and policy improvements, and less likely to act in their own interest to meet their needs at the expense of building operations. But true alignment of design, operations and/or behavior based programs (including specific energy conservation measures) with occupant needs and behaviors requires a deeper level of occupant engagement than we often see. The presenter, referencing case studies, will discuss the what and how of specific occupant engagement methods (from surveys to participant observation) that can be performed as part of the benchmarking process to help ensure any improvements made are best aligned with a specific facilitys occupant population
Deeper Levels of Occupant Engagement to Ensure Energy Savings and Productivity/Health Improvements from Marcel Harmon
]]> 481 11 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/occupantengagement-marcelharmon-150826140819-lva1-app6891-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds presentation Black http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 Irrational Vs Rational" Behavior: Using Evolutionary Theory & Comprehensive Evaluations to Ensure Building Performance Meets Design Intent /slideshow/irrational-vs-rational-photo-rights-robertoerosalesblogcom-irrational-vs-rational-behavior-using-evolutionary-theory-comprehensive-evaluations-to-ensure-building-performance-meets-design-intent/51059287 harmonirrationalvsrationalbehaviorwithhiddenslides-150729132806-lva1-app6891
Psychologist Kurt Lewin once described behavior as a function of the individual and the environment. Expanding on this, individual and collective behaviors can be seen as focused on meeting individual and group needs within a given social/cultural and physical environmental context, needs which are shaped by human physiological, psychological and social/cultural factors. And behaviors that are sometimes classified as irrational in the narrow economic sense of the word can be quite rational if examined using a different set of parameters. For example, an individuals clothing choice may seem completely irrational if the clothing lacks sufficient insulation to keep the individual warm in an overcooled space, particularly if a space heater (and additional energy) is subsequently used to maintain thermal comfort. But this behavior may be completely rational when considering the use of clothing to signal group identity, status, sexuality or to conform to other norms of dress. An evolutionary multi-level selection (MLS) framework may be a more useful way to frame this. Whether or not the choice of clothing is functional, non-functional, or neutral depends on who the subject is (the individual or a larger group), and with respect to what (individual reproductive success, group unity and longevity, etc.). Clothing choice may be functional with respect to signaling individual status but the choice combined with space heater usage may be non-functional with respect to an organizations efficiency/longevity (via productivity and utility costs) and societal efficiency/longevity (via greenhouse gas emissions). So if behavior is a function of the individual/group and the environment, the creation of truly sustainable, productive and healthy environments requires an understanding of how the relationships among individual/group behavior, their needs and the physical/social/cultural environment play out contextually on a project by project basis. Otherwise alignment wont be achieved between the plethora of goals and needs of the various individuals and levels of groups involved, from occupants to O&M staff to building owner to the community at large. Without alignment, building performance and occupant productivity and health suffer and do not meet design intent. The only way to achieve alignment is to a) thoroughly engage the key stakeholders involved (including the occupant) from master planning through occupancy and b) comprehensively evaluate built environment experiments after occupancy to verify whats working, what isnt and why, so adjustments can be made to existing facilities and their operations and organizations, as well as apply the lessons learned to future projects. In this paper I will a) examine behaviors within the built environment from an MLS perspective and b) discuss methods for comprehensively evaluating building/occupant interrelationships, drawing from multiple master planning and post occ]]>
Psychologist Kurt Lewin once described behavior as a function of the individual and the environment. Expanding on this, individual and collective behaviors can be seen as focused on meeting individual and group needs within a given social/cultural and physical environmental context, needs which are shaped by human physiological, psychological and social/cultural factors. And behaviors that are sometimes classified as irrational in the narrow economic sense of the word can be quite rational if examined using a different set of parameters. For example, an individuals clothing choice may seem completely irrational if the clothing lacks sufficient insulation to keep the individual warm in an overcooled space, particularly if a space heater (and additional energy) is subsequently used to maintain thermal comfort. But this behavior may be completely rational when considering the use of clothing to signal group identity, status, sexuality or to conform to other norms of dress. An evolutionary multi-level selection (MLS) framework may be a more useful way to frame this. Whether or not the choice of clothing is functional, non-functional, or neutral depends on who the subject is (the individual or a larger group), and with respect to what (individual reproductive success, group unity and longevity, etc.). Clothing choice may be functional with respect to signaling individual status but the choice combined with space heater usage may be non-functional with respect to an organizations efficiency/longevity (via productivity and utility costs) and societal efficiency/longevity (via greenhouse gas emissions). So if behavior is a function of the individual/group and the environment, the creation of truly sustainable, productive and healthy environments requires an understanding of how the relationships among individual/group behavior, their needs and the physical/social/cultural environment play out contextually on a project by project basis. Otherwise alignment wont be achieved between the plethora of goals and needs of the various individuals and levels of groups involved, from occupants to O&M staff to building owner to the community at large. Without alignment, building performance and occupant productivity and health suffer and do not meet design intent. The only way to achieve alignment is to a) thoroughly engage the key stakeholders involved (including the occupant) from master planning through occupancy and b) comprehensively evaluate built environment experiments after occupancy to verify whats working, what isnt and why, so adjustments can be made to existing facilities and their operations and organizations, as well as apply the lessons learned to future projects. In this paper I will a) examine behaviors within the built environment from an MLS perspective and b) discuss methods for comprehensively evaluating building/occupant interrelationships, drawing from multiple master planning and post occ]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:28:05 GMT /slideshow/irrational-vs-rational-photo-rights-robertoerosalesblogcom-irrational-vs-rational-behavior-using-evolutionary-theory-comprehensive-evaluations-to-ensure-building-performance-meets-design-intent/51059287 marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) Irrational Vs Rational" Behavior: Using Evolutionary Theory & Comprehensive Evaluations to Ensure Building Performance Meets Design Intent marcel.harmon Psychologist Kurt Lewin once described behavior as a function of the individual and the environment. Expanding on this, individual and collective behaviors can be seen as focused on meeting individual and group needs within a given social/cultural and physical environmental context, needs which are shaped by human physiological, psychological and social/cultural factors. And behaviors that are sometimes classified as irrational in the narrow economic sense of the word can be quite rational if examined using a different set of parameters. For example, an individuals clothing choice may seem completely irrational if the clothing lacks sufficient insulation to keep the individual warm in an overcooled space, particularly if a space heater (and additional energy) is subsequently used to maintain thermal comfort. But this behavior may be completely rational when considering the use of clothing to signal group identity, status, sexuality or to conform to other norms of dress. An evolutionary multi-level selection (MLS) framework may be a more useful way to frame this. Whether or not the choice of clothing is functional, non-functional, or neutral depends on who the subject is (the individual or a larger group), and with respect to what (individual reproductive success, group unity and longevity, etc.). Clothing choice may be functional with respect to signaling individual status but the choice combined with space heater usage may be non-functional with respect to an organizations efficiency/longevity (via productivity and utility costs) and societal efficiency/longevity (via greenhouse gas emissions). So if behavior is a function of the individual/group and the environment, the creation of truly sustainable, productive and healthy environments requires an understanding of how the relationships among individual/group behavior, their needs and the physical/social/cultural environment play out contextually on a project by project basis. Otherwise alignment wont be achieved between the plethora of goals and needs of the various individuals and levels of groups involved, from occupants to O&M staff to building owner to the community at large. Without alignment, building performance and occupant productivity and health suffer and do not meet design intent. The only way to achieve alignment is to a) thoroughly engage the key stakeholders involved (including the occupant) from master planning through occupancy and b) comprehensively evaluate built environment experiments after occupancy to verify whats working, what isnt and why, so adjustments can be made to existing facilities and their operations and organizations, as well as apply the lessons learned to future projects. In this paper I will a) examine behaviors within the built environment from an MLS perspective and b) discuss methods for comprehensively evaluating building/occupant interrelationships, drawing from multiple master planning and post occ <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/harmonirrationalvsrationalbehaviorwithhiddenslides-150729132806-lva1-app6891-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Psychologist Kurt Lewin once described behavior as a function of the individual and the environment. Expanding on this, individual and collective behaviors can be seen as focused on meeting individual and group needs within a given social/cultural and physical environmental context, needs which are shaped by human physiological, psychological and social/cultural factors. And behaviors that are sometimes classified as irrational in the narrow economic sense of the word can be quite rational if examined using a different set of parameters. For example, an individuals clothing choice may seem completely irrational if the clothing lacks sufficient insulation to keep the individual warm in an overcooled space, particularly if a space heater (and additional energy) is subsequently used to maintain thermal comfort. But this behavior may be completely rational when considering the use of clothing to signal group identity, status, sexuality or to conform to other norms of dress. An evolutionary multi-level selection (MLS) framework may be a more useful way to frame this. Whether or not the choice of clothing is functional, non-functional, or neutral depends on who the subject is (the individual or a larger group), and with respect to what (individual reproductive success, group unity and longevity, etc.). Clothing choice may be functional with respect to signaling individual status but the choice combined with space heater usage may be non-functional with respect to an organizations efficiency/longevity (via productivity and utility costs) and societal efficiency/longevity (via greenhouse gas emissions). So if behavior is a function of the individual/group and the environment, the creation of truly sustainable, productive and healthy environments requires an understanding of how the relationships among individual/group behavior, their needs and the physical/social/cultural environment play out contextually on a project by project basis. Otherwise alignment wont be achieved between the plethora of goals and needs of the various individuals and levels of groups involved, from occupants to O&amp;M staff to building owner to the community at large. Without alignment, building performance and occupant productivity and health suffer and do not meet design intent. The only way to achieve alignment is to a) thoroughly engage the key stakeholders involved (including the occupant) from master planning through occupancy and b) comprehensively evaluate built environment experiments after occupancy to verify whats working, what isnt and why, so adjustments can be made to existing facilities and their operations and organizations, as well as apply the lessons learned to future projects. In this paper I will a) examine behaviors within the built environment from an MLS perspective and b) discuss methods for comprehensively evaluating building/occupant interrelationships, drawing from multiple master planning and post occ
Irrational Vs Rational" Behavior: Using Evolutionary Theory & Comprehensive Evaluations to Ensure Building Performance Meets Design Intent from Marcel Harmon
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Presentation at the 2013 USGBC Colorado Green Schools Summit: The Educational Facilities Owner, the High Performance Building Consultant and the Anthropologist. Each will provide his perspective on why facility evaluations are crucial for creating and maintaining successful educational environments. Using the results from comprehensive post occupancy evaluations conducted at seven high performance K-12 schools, these three will weave together a compelling narrative justifying evaluations that assess planning through operations, and in the process engage students, teachers and the community. The insights gained on energy/water consumption, operational costs, student/teacher satisfaction and well-being, along with impacts on the schools educational mission are crucial for growing the Green Schools concept.]]>
Presentation at the 2013 USGBC Colorado Green Schools Summit: The Educational Facilities Owner, the High Performance Building Consultant and the Anthropologist. Each will provide his perspective on why facility evaluations are crucial for creating and maintaining successful educational environments. Using the results from comprehensive post occupancy evaluations conducted at seven high performance K-12 schools, these three will weave together a compelling narrative justifying evaluations that assess planning through operations, and in the process engage students, teachers and the community. The insights gained on energy/water consumption, operational costs, student/teacher satisfaction and well-being, along with impacts on the schools educational mission are crucial for growing the Green Schools concept.]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:20:22 GMT /slideshow/why-schools-even-green-schools-need-evaluations/51058997 marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) Why schools even green schools need evaluations marcel.harmon Presentation at the 2013 USGBC Colorado Green Schools Summit: The Educational Facilities Owner, the High Performance Building Consultant and the Anthropologist. Each will provide his perspective on why facility evaluations are crucial for creating and maintaining successful educational environments. Using the results from comprehensive post occupancy evaluations conducted at seven high performance K-12 schools, these three will weave together a compelling narrative justifying evaluations that assess planning through operations, and in the process engage students, teachers and the community. The insights gained on energy/water consumption, operational costs, student/teacher satisfaction and well-being, along with impacts on the schools educational mission are crucial for growing the Green Schools concept. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/whyschoolsevengreenschoolsneedevaluations-150729132022-lva1-app6891-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Presentation at the 2013 USGBC Colorado Green Schools Summit: The Educational Facilities Owner, the High Performance Building Consultant and the Anthropologist. Each will provide his perspective on why facility evaluations are crucial for creating and maintaining successful educational environments. Using the results from comprehensive post occupancy evaluations conducted at seven high performance K-12 schools, these three will weave together a compelling narrative justifying evaluations that assess planning through operations, and in the process engage students, teachers and the community. The insights gained on energy/water consumption, operational costs, student/teacher satisfaction and well-being, along with impacts on the schools educational mission are crucial for growing the Green Schools concept.
Why schools even green schools need evaluations from Marcel Harmon
]]> 361 4 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/whyschoolsevengreenschoolsneedevaluations-150729132022-lva1-app6891-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds presentation 000000 http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 Sustainable building fundamentals class 2014 /slideshow/sustainable-building-fundamentals-class-2014/51058203 sustainablebuildingfundamentalsclass2014-150729125809-lva1-app6891
Guest lecture on the importance of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) as part of a sustainable building fundamentals class, with a focus on the occupant.]]>
Guest lecture on the importance of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) as part of a sustainable building fundamentals class, with a focus on the occupant.]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:58:09 GMT /slideshow/sustainable-building-fundamentals-class-2014/51058203 marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) Sustainable building fundamentals class 2014 marcel.harmon Guest lecture on the importance of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) as part of a sustainable building fundamentals class, with a focus on the occupant. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/sustainablebuildingfundamentalsclass2014-150729125809-lva1-app6891-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Guest lecture on the importance of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) as part of a sustainable building fundamentals class, with a focus on the occupant.
Sustainable building fundamentals class 2014 from Marcel Harmon
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Approved AIA CES course; submitted for GBCI CE approval. This is a draft version of the presentation. Final slides will be available by 8/14/2014. Course Description: For lighting and daylighting solutions to be successful and truly sustainable, we must have a holistic, contextual understanding of the building/occupant interface, and how that is influenced by human factors, including relevant physiological, psychological and social/cultural factors. This is the only way to effectively align occupant and other key stakeholders wants, needs and behaviors with lighting/daylighting system capabilities and operational policies. Otherwise building performance and occupant health and productivity are negatively impacted, limiting a projects ability to meet its lighting and sustainable goals. Using previous master planning, design, retrocommissioning and post occupancy evaluation case studies, the presenter will demonstrate how these human factors can be accounted for and integrated into solutions moving forward, as well as what happens when they arent effectively accounted for.]]>
Approved AIA CES course; submitted for GBCI CE approval. This is a draft version of the presentation. Final slides will be available by 8/14/2014. Course Description: For lighting and daylighting solutions to be successful and truly sustainable, we must have a holistic, contextual understanding of the building/occupant interface, and how that is influenced by human factors, including relevant physiological, psychological and social/cultural factors. This is the only way to effectively align occupant and other key stakeholders wants, needs and behaviors with lighting/daylighting system capabilities and operational policies. Otherwise building performance and occupant health and productivity are negatively impacted, limiting a projects ability to meet its lighting and sustainable goals. Using previous master planning, design, retrocommissioning and post occupancy evaluation case studies, the presenter will demonstrate how these human factors can be accounted for and integrated into solutions moving forward, as well as what happens when they arent effectively accounted for.]]> Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:58:53 GMT /slideshow/the-human-side-of-successful-lighting-daylighting-design/36961612 marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) The Human Side of Successful Lighting/Daylighting Design marcel.harmon Approved AIA CES course; submitted for GBCI CE approval. This is a draft version of the presentation. Final slides will be available by 8/14/2014. Course Description: For lighting and daylighting solutions to be successful and truly sustainable, we must have a holistic, contextual understanding of the building/occupant interface, and how that is influenced by human factors, including relevant physiological, psychological and social/cultural factors. This is the only way to effectively align occupant and other key stakeholders wants, needs and behaviors with lighting/daylighting system capabilities and operational policies. Otherwise building performance and occupant health and productivity are negatively impacted, limiting a projects ability to meet its lighting and sustainable goals. Using previous master planning, design, retrocommissioning and post occupancy evaluation case studies, the presenter will demonstrate how these human factors can be accounted for and integrated into solutions moving forward, as well as what happens when they arent effectively accounted for. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/thehumansideofsuccessfullightingdaylightingdesign-140714115853-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Approved AIA CES course; submitted for GBCI CE approval. This is a draft version of the presentation. Final slides will be available by 8/14/2014. Course Description: For lighting and daylighting solutions to be successful and truly sustainable, we must have a holistic, contextual understanding of the building/occupant interface, and how that is influenced by human factors, including relevant physiological, psychological and social/cultural factors. This is the only way to effectively align occupant and other key stakeholders wants, needs and behaviors with lighting/daylighting system capabilities and operational policies. Otherwise building performance and occupant health and productivity are negatively impacted, limiting a projects ability to meet its lighting and sustainable goals. Using previous master planning, design, retrocommissioning and post occupancy evaluation case studies, the presenter will demonstrate how these human factors can be accounted for and integrated into solutions moving forward, as well as what happens when they arent effectively accounted for.
The Human Side of Successful Lighting/Daylighting Design from Marcel Harmon
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Approved AIA CES course; submitted for GBCI CE approval. This is a draft version of the presentation. Final slides will be available by 7/30/2014. Course Description: For our built environment to be truly sustainable, we must have a holistic, contextual understanding of the building/occupant interface, and how that is influenced by human factors, including relevant physiological, psychological and social/cultural factors. This is the only way to effectively align occupant and other key stakeholders wants, needs and behaviors with building capabilities and operational policies. Otherwise building performance and occupant health and productivity are negatively impacted, limiting a projects ability to meet its sustainable goals. Using previous master planning, design, retrocommissioning and post occupancy evaluation case studies, presenters from M.E. GROUP will demonstrate how these human factors can be accounted for and integrated into solutions moving forward, as well as what happens when they arent effectively accounted for.]]>
Approved AIA CES course; submitted for GBCI CE approval. This is a draft version of the presentation. Final slides will be available by 7/30/2014. Course Description: For our built environment to be truly sustainable, we must have a holistic, contextual understanding of the building/occupant interface, and how that is influenced by human factors, including relevant physiological, psychological and social/cultural factors. This is the only way to effectively align occupant and other key stakeholders wants, needs and behaviors with building capabilities and operational policies. Otherwise building performance and occupant health and productivity are negatively impacted, limiting a projects ability to meet its sustainable goals. Using previous master planning, design, retrocommissioning and post occupancy evaluation case studies, presenters from M.E. GROUP will demonstrate how these human factors can be accounted for and integrated into solutions moving forward, as well as what happens when they arent effectively accounted for.]]> Mon, 14 Jul 2014 11:42:03 GMT /slideshow/the-human-side-of-achieving-sustainable-success/36960975 marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) The Human Side of Achieving Sustainable Success marcel.harmon Approved AIA CES course; submitted for GBCI CE approval. This is a draft version of the presentation. Final slides will be available by 7/30/2014. Course Description: For our built environment to be truly sustainable, we must have a holistic, contextual understanding of the building/occupant interface, and how that is influenced by human factors, including relevant physiological, psychological and social/cultural factors. This is the only way to effectively align occupant and other key stakeholders wants, needs and behaviors with building capabilities and operational policies. Otherwise building performance and occupant health and productivity are negatively impacted, limiting a projects ability to meet its sustainable goals. Using previous master planning, design, retrocommissioning and post occupancy evaluation case studies, presenters from M.E. GROUP will demonstrate how these human factors can be accounted for and integrated into solutions moving forward, as well as what happens when they arent effectively accounted for. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/thehumansideofachievingsustainablesuccess-140714114203-phpapp01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Approved AIA CES course; submitted for GBCI CE approval. This is a draft version of the presentation. Final slides will be available by 7/30/2014. Course Description: For our built environment to be truly sustainable, we must have a holistic, contextual understanding of the building/occupant interface, and how that is influenced by human factors, including relevant physiological, psychological and social/cultural factors. This is the only way to effectively align occupant and other key stakeholders wants, needs and behaviors with building capabilities and operational policies. Otherwise building performance and occupant health and productivity are negatively impacted, limiting a projects ability to meet its sustainable goals. Using previous master planning, design, retrocommissioning and post occupancy evaluation case studies, presenters from M.E. GROUP will demonstrate how these human factors can be accounted for and integrated into solutions moving forward, as well as what happens when they arent effectively accounted for.
The Human Side of Achieving Sustainable Success from Marcel Harmon
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Guest lecture on the importance of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) as part of a sustainable building fundamentals class, with a focus on the occupant.]]>
Guest lecture on the importance of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) as part of a sustainable building fundamentals class, with a focus on the occupant.]]> Tue, 27 May 2014 08:24:15 GMT /slideshow/sustainable-building-fundamentals-class/35167168 marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) Sustainable building fundamentals class 2013 marcel.harmon Guest lecture on the importance of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) as part of a sustainable building fundamentals class, with a focus on the occupant. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/sustainablebuildingfundamentalsclass-140527082415-phpapp01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Guest lecture on the importance of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) as part of a sustainable building fundamentals class, with a focus on the occupant.
Sustainable building fundamentals class 2013 from Marcel Harmon
]]> 518 4 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/sustainablebuildingfundamentalsclass-140527082415-phpapp01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds presentation Black http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 The commissioning agent as anthropologist: part 2 /slideshow/the-commissioning-agent-as-anthropologist-part-2/30453392 thecommissioningagentasanthropologist-part2-140126104812-phpapp02
"If the goals of the commissioning process are to ensure that a building and its systems provide a quality environment and meet the owners operational needs, including adequately preparing operations and maintenance staff and occupants, then the commissioning agent must adequately account for human factors and interactions throughout the commissioning process. It would seem, then, that anthropologythe comparative study of human societies and cultures in all their various manifestations now and in the past, might have something to offer commissioning."]]>
"If the goals of the commissioning process are to ensure that a building and its systems provide a quality environment and meet the owners operational needs, including adequately preparing operations and maintenance staff and occupants, then the commissioning agent must adequately account for human factors and interactions throughout the commissioning process. It would seem, then, that anthropologythe comparative study of human societies and cultures in all their various manifestations now and in the past, might have something to offer commissioning."]]> Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:48:12 GMT /slideshow/the-commissioning-agent-as-anthropologist-part-2/30453392 marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) The commissioning agent as anthropologist: part 2 marcel.harmon "If the goals of the commissioning process are to ensure that a building and its systems provide a quality environment and meet the owners operational needs, including adequately preparing operations and maintenance staff and occupants, then the commissioning agent must adequately account for human factors and interactions throughout the commissioning process. It would seem, then, that anthropologythe comparative study of human societies and cultures in all their various manifestations now and in the past, might have something to offer commissioning." <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/thecommissioningagentasanthropologist-part2-140126104812-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> &quot;If the goals of the commissioning process are to ensure that a building and its systems provide a quality environment and meet the owners operational needs, including adequately preparing operations and maintenance staff and occupants, then the commissioning agent must adequately account for human factors and interactions throughout the commissioning process. It would seem, then, that anthropologythe comparative study of human societies and cultures in all their various manifestations now and in the past, might have something to offer commissioning.&quot;
The commissioning agent as anthropologist: part 2 from Marcel Harmon
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"If the goals of the commissioning process are to ensure that a building and its systems provide a quality environment and meet the owners operational needs, including adequately preparing operations and maintenance staff and occupants, then the commissioning agent must adequately account for human factors and interactions throughout the commissioning process. It would seem, then, that anthropologythe comparative study of human societies and cultures in all their various manifestations now and in the past, might have something to offer commissioning."]]>
"If the goals of the commissioning process are to ensure that a building and its systems provide a quality environment and meet the owners operational needs, including adequately preparing operations and maintenance staff and occupants, then the commissioning agent must adequately account for human factors and interactions throughout the commissioning process. It would seem, then, that anthropologythe comparative study of human societies and cultures in all their various manifestations now and in the past, might have something to offer commissioning."]]> Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:45:24 GMT /slideshow/the-commissioning-agent-as-anthropologist-part-1/30453352 marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) The commissioning agent as anthropologist: part 1 marcel.harmon "If the goals of the commissioning process are to ensure that a building and its systems provide a quality environment and meet the owners operational needs, including adequately preparing operations and maintenance staff and occupants, then the commissioning agent must adequately account for human factors and interactions throughout the commissioning process. It would seem, then, that anthropologythe comparative study of human societies and cultures in all their various manifestations now and in the past, might have something to offer commissioning." <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/thecommissioningagentasanthropologist-part1-140126104524-phpapp01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> &quot;If the goals of the commissioning process are to ensure that a building and its systems provide a quality environment and meet the owners operational needs, including adequately preparing operations and maintenance staff and occupants, then the commissioning agent must adequately account for human factors and interactions throughout the commissioning process. It would seem, then, that anthropologythe comparative study of human societies and cultures in all their various manifestations now and in the past, might have something to offer commissioning.&quot;
The commissioning agent as anthropologist: part 1 from Marcel Harmon
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Creating environments that promote efficiency and sustainability: anthropological applications in the building/construction industry from Marcel Harmon
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Bibliography generated for a panel of the same name at the 2012 Kansas Green Schools Conference: Building STEaM, Going Green!]]>
Bibliography generated for a panel of the same name at the 2012 Kansas Green Schools Conference: Building STEaM, Going Green!]]> Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:46:04 GMT /slideshow/2012-benefits-of-green-schools-panel-selected-bibliography/17778686 marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) 2012 Benefits of Green Schools Panel Selected Bibliography marcel.harmon Bibliography generated for a panel of the same name at the 2012 Kansas Green Schools Conference: Building STEaM, Going Green! <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/2012benefitsofgreenschoolspanelselectedbibliography-130327204604-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Bibliography generated for a panel of the same name at the 2012 Kansas Green Schools Conference: Building STEaM, Going Green!
2012 Benefits of Green Schools Panel Selected Bibliography from Marcel Harmon
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2009 BECC Conference Presentation - Both the text and the slides Recent studies by researchers affiliated with the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) have demonstrated that the long term benefits that result from green, sustainable design, are given more weight by groups as opposed to individuals. Our evolutionary past, with its focus on daily survival, has designed our individual analytical and emotional decision making systems to focus on short-term costs/benefits as well as those threats that have an immediate impact on our daily lives. Pressing work deadlines, job loss, etc., have more meaning to us than melting polar ice caps or invisible gases in the atmosphere. But in cohesive groups, decisions are more likely to be made with respect to the common good; and when the common good coincides with the delayed benefits obtained from sustainable design, groups are more likely to go green than individuals. In the building construction industry, short term benefits often outweigh long-term benefits when making decisions on how green to be. Following the above line of reasoning, this suggests that individuals or small groups whose common good does not coincide with greens delayed benefits are the primary decision makers involved. The author will test this by comparing a dataset of LEED, non-LEED but green, and conventionally designed facilities with respect to the decision makers who they were, their demographic make-up, and their core values. The results should provide insight into the challenges faced in greening our built environment and the solutions needed to ensure a more rapid move to sustainability.]]>
2009 BECC Conference Presentation - Both the text and the slides Recent studies by researchers affiliated with the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) have demonstrated that the long term benefits that result from green, sustainable design, are given more weight by groups as opposed to individuals. Our evolutionary past, with its focus on daily survival, has designed our individual analytical and emotional decision making systems to focus on short-term costs/benefits as well as those threats that have an immediate impact on our daily lives. Pressing work deadlines, job loss, etc., have more meaning to us than melting polar ice caps or invisible gases in the atmosphere. But in cohesive groups, decisions are more likely to be made with respect to the common good; and when the common good coincides with the delayed benefits obtained from sustainable design, groups are more likely to go green than individuals. In the building construction industry, short term benefits often outweigh long-term benefits when making decisions on how green to be. Following the above line of reasoning, this suggests that individuals or small groups whose common good does not coincide with greens delayed benefits are the primary decision makers involved. The author will test this by comparing a dataset of LEED, non-LEED but green, and conventionally designed facilities with respect to the decision makers who they were, their demographic make-up, and their core values. The results should provide insight into the challenges faced in greening our built environment and the solutions needed to ensure a more rapid move to sustainability.]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:48:38 GMT /slideshow/the-decision-to-go-green-individual-vs-group-influences-on-our-likelihood-to-build-sustainably/16505747 marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) The Decision to Go Green: Individual vs. Group Influences on Our Likelihood to Build Sustainably marcel.harmon 2009 BECC Conference Presentation - Both the text and the slides Recent studies by researchers affiliated with the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) have demonstrated that the long term benefits that result from green, sustainable design, are given more weight by groups as opposed to individuals. Our evolutionary past, with its focus on daily survival, has designed our individual analytical and emotional decision making systems to focus on short-term costs/benefits as well as those threats that have an immediate impact on our daily lives. Pressing work deadlines, job loss, etc., have more meaning to us than melting polar ice caps or invisible gases in the atmosphere. But in cohesive groups, decisions are more likely to be made with respect to the common good; and when the common good coincides with the delayed benefits obtained from sustainable design, groups are more likely to go green than individuals. In the building construction industry, short term benefits often outweigh long-term benefits when making decisions on how green to be. Following the above line of reasoning, this suggests that individuals or small groups whose common good does not coincide with greens delayed benefits are the primary decision makers involved. The author will test this by comparing a dataset of LEED, non-LEED but green, and conventionally designed facilities with respect to the decision makers who they were, their demographic make-up, and their core values. The results should provide insight into the challenges faced in greening our built environment and the solutions needed to ensure a more rapid move to sustainability. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/thedecisiontogogreenpresentation-130213074838-phpapp01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> 2009 BECC Conference Presentation - Both the text and the slides Recent studies by researchers affiliated with the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED) have demonstrated that the long term benefits that result from green, sustainable design, are given more weight by groups as opposed to individuals. Our evolutionary past, with its focus on daily survival, has designed our individual analytical and emotional decision making systems to focus on short-term costs/benefits as well as those threats that have an immediate impact on our daily lives. Pressing work deadlines, job loss, etc., have more meaning to us than melting polar ice caps or invisible gases in the atmosphere. But in cohesive groups, decisions are more likely to be made with respect to the common good; and when the common good coincides with the delayed benefits obtained from sustainable design, groups are more likely to go green than individuals. In the building construction industry, short term benefits often outweigh long-term benefits when making decisions on how green to be. Following the above line of reasoning, this suggests that individuals or small groups whose common good does not coincide with greens delayed benefits are the primary decision makers involved. The author will test this by comparing a dataset of LEED, non-LEED but green, and conventionally designed facilities with respect to the decision makers who they were, their demographic make-up, and their core values. The results should provide insight into the challenges faced in greening our built environment and the solutions needed to ensure a more rapid move to sustainability.
The Decision to Go Green: Individual vs. Group Influences on Our Likelihood to Build Sustainably from Marcel Harmon
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Poster presented at the 2010 BECC conference]]>
Poster presented at the 2010 BECC conference]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:39:00 GMT /slideshow/high-performance-refers-to-people-too/16496612 marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) High Performance Refers to People Too marcel.harmon Poster presented at the 2010 BECC conference <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/2010beccposter-130212203900-phpapp01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Poster presented at the 2010 BECC conference
High Performance Refers to People Too from Marcel Harmon
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People are influenced to behave in an energy efficient and sustainable manner when the physical and social/cultural environment they inhabit encourages or selects for such behavior. For building occupants, the environments we design and build for them must generally meet their varying physical, psychological and social/cultural needs or theyll figure out a way to meet them on their own, often with negative energy and sustainable repercussions. And any direct or indirect messages intentionally crafted to promote desired behavior and decision making must be socially/culturally relevant to be effective both the message content and means of conveyance. In addition, the quantifiable soft costs associated with productivity and health, as well as the stories of the occupants and O&M personnel, assist in creating an environment where the benefits of the actions needed to complete all of this are understandable and available to building owners, employers, developers and the general public. The behavioral sciences provide much of what is needed to help create, evaluate and maintain these efficiency promoting environments. In particular, the four major subfields of anthropology cultural, physical, linguistic and archaeology all provide methods (such as ethnography) and interpretive theoretical frameworks (such as evolutionary theory) for understanding human behavior and applying that understanding during programming/planning and design, commissioning and post occupancy evaluations. This paper will present specific research and case study examples the author has been involved with applying anthropology to design, retro-commissioning and post occupancy evaluations, as well as understanding sustainable human decision making in general.]]>
People are influenced to behave in an energy efficient and sustainable manner when the physical and social/cultural environment they inhabit encourages or selects for such behavior. For building occupants, the environments we design and build for them must generally meet their varying physical, psychological and social/cultural needs or theyll figure out a way to meet them on their own, often with negative energy and sustainable repercussions. And any direct or indirect messages intentionally crafted to promote desired behavior and decision making must be socially/culturally relevant to be effective both the message content and means of conveyance. In addition, the quantifiable soft costs associated with productivity and health, as well as the stories of the occupants and O&M personnel, assist in creating an environment where the benefits of the actions needed to complete all of this are understandable and available to building owners, employers, developers and the general public. The behavioral sciences provide much of what is needed to help create, evaluate and maintain these efficiency promoting environments. In particular, the four major subfields of anthropology cultural, physical, linguistic and archaeology all provide methods (such as ethnography) and interpretive theoretical frameworks (such as evolutionary theory) for understanding human behavior and applying that understanding during programming/planning and design, commissioning and post occupancy evaluations. This paper will present specific research and case study examples the author has been involved with applying anthropology to design, retro-commissioning and post occupancy evaluations, as well as understanding sustainable human decision making in general.]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:32:32 GMT /marcel.harmon/creating-environments-that-promote-efficiency-and-sustainability-anthropological-applications-in-the-buildingconstruction-industry marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) Creating Environments That Promote Efficiency and Sustainability: Anthropological Applications in the Building/Construction Industry marcel.harmon People are influenced to behave in an energy efficient and sustainable manner when the physical and social/cultural environment they inhabit encourages or selects for such behavior. For building occupants, the environments we design and build for them must generally meet their varying physical, psychological and social/cultural needs or theyll figure out a way to meet them on their own, often with negative energy and sustainable repercussions. And any direct or indirect messages intentionally crafted to promote desired behavior and decision making must be socially/culturally relevant to be effective both the message content and means of conveyance. In addition, the quantifiable soft costs associated with productivity and health, as well as the stories of the occupants and O&M personnel, assist in creating an environment where the benefits of the actions needed to complete all of this are understandable and available to building owners, employers, developers and the general public. The behavioral sciences provide much of what is needed to help create, evaluate and maintain these efficiency promoting environments. In particular, the four major subfields of anthropology cultural, physical, linguistic and archaeology all provide methods (such as ethnography) and interpretive theoretical frameworks (such as evolutionary theory) for understanding human behavior and applying that understanding during programming/planning and design, commissioning and post occupancy evaluations. This paper will present specific research and case study examples the author has been involved with applying anthropology to design, retro-commissioning and post occupancy evaluations, as well as understanding sustainable human decision making in general. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/2012aceeepresentation2-130212203232-phpapp01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> People are influenced to behave in an energy efficient and sustainable manner when the physical and social/cultural environment they inhabit encourages or selects for such behavior. For building occupants, the environments we design and build for them must generally meet their varying physical, psychological and social/cultural needs or theyll figure out a way to meet them on their own, often with negative energy and sustainable repercussions. And any direct or indirect messages intentionally crafted to promote desired behavior and decision making must be socially/culturally relevant to be effective both the message content and means of conveyance. In addition, the quantifiable soft costs associated with productivity and health, as well as the stories of the occupants and O&amp;M personnel, assist in creating an environment where the benefits of the actions needed to complete all of this are understandable and available to building owners, employers, developers and the general public. The behavioral sciences provide much of what is needed to help create, evaluate and maintain these efficiency promoting environments. In particular, the four major subfields of anthropology cultural, physical, linguistic and archaeology all provide methods (such as ethnography) and interpretive theoretical frameworks (such as evolutionary theory) for understanding human behavior and applying that understanding during programming/planning and design, commissioning and post occupancy evaluations. This paper will present specific research and case study examples the author has been involved with applying anthropology to design, retro-commissioning and post occupancy evaluations, as well as understanding sustainable human decision making in general.
Creating Environments That Promote Efficiency and Sustainability: Anthropological Applications in the Building/Construction Industry from Marcel Harmon
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Healthy Schools Lecture from Marcel Harmon
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Using the post occupancy evaluation (POE) case study for the V. Sue Cleveland High School (VSCHS) in Rio Rancho, New Mexico as a primary example, presenters from the New Mexico Public School Facilities Authority (NMPSFA) and M.E. GROUP, the evaluators, will conduct a workshop on selecting and implementing the proper tools for measuring school building performance. The presenters will illustrate various examples of building side methodologies and describe those that actively engage the teachers/staff, students, parents and relevant community stakeholders via traditional ethnographic evaluation and focus groups.]]>
Using the post occupancy evaluation (POE) case study for the V. Sue Cleveland High School (VSCHS) in Rio Rancho, New Mexico as a primary example, presenters from the New Mexico Public School Facilities Authority (NMPSFA) and M.E. GROUP, the evaluators, will conduct a workshop on selecting and implementing the proper tools for measuring school building performance. The presenters will illustrate various examples of building side methodologies and describe those that actively engage the teachers/staff, students, parents and relevant community stakeholders via traditional ethnographic evaluation and focus groups.]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:43:10 GMT /slideshow/postoccupancy-evaluation-poe-methodologies-for-school-facilities/16496025 marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) Methodologies for School Facilities marcel.harmon Using the post occupancy evaluation (POE) case study for the V. Sue Cleveland High School (VSCHS) in Rio Rancho, New Mexico as a primary example, presenters from the New Mexico Public School Facilities Authority (NMPSFA) and M.E. GROUP, the evaluators, will conduct a workshop on selecting and implementing the proper tools for measuring school building performance. The presenters will illustrate various examples of building side methodologies and describe those that actively engage the teachers/staff, students, parents and relevant community stakeholders via traditional ethnographic evaluation and focus groups. <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/poemethodologiesforschoolenvironmentsworkshop2012-09-20presentation-130212194310-phpapp02-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br> Using the post occupancy evaluation (POE) case study for the V. Sue Cleveland High School (VSCHS) in Rio Rancho, New Mexico as a primary example, presenters from the New Mexico Public School Facilities Authority (NMPSFA) and M.E. GROUP, the evaluators, will conduct a workshop on selecting and implementing the proper tools for measuring school building performance. The presenters will illustrate various examples of building side methodologies and describe those that actively engage the teachers/staff, students, parents and relevant community stakeholders via traditional ethnographic evaluation and focus groups.
Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) Methodologies for School Facilities from Marcel Harmon
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]]> Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:26:37 GMT /slideshow/energy-star-vs-peer-group/9276415 marcel.harmon@slideshare.net(marcel.harmon) Energy Star Vs. Peer Group marcel.harmon <img style="border:1px solid #C3E6D8;float:right;" alt="" src="https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/energystarandeschool-13161399678669-phpapp01-110915212908-phpapp01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&amp;height=120&amp;fit=bounds" /><br>
Energy Star Vs. Peer Group from Marcel Harmon
]]> 288 2 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/energystarandeschool-13161399678669-phpapp01-110915212908-phpapp01-thumbnail.jpg?width=120&height=120&fit=bounds presentation Black http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posted 0 https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/profile-photo-marcel.harmon-48x48.jpg?cb=1631989401 Analyzing the reciprocal relationships between people and the built environment from an anthropological perspective, in conjunciton with other more traditional post occupancy evaluation & retrocommissioning methods, with the goal of improving the performance of buildings, and improving the quality of the experience within the built environment. www.megroup.com/index.php/humaninquiry https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/occupantengagement-marcelharmon-150826140819-lva1-app6891-thumbnail.jpg?width=320&height=320&fit=bounds slideshow/deeper-levels-of-occupant-engagement-to-ensure-energy-savings-and-productivityhealth-improvements/52093562 Deeper Levels of Occup... https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/harmonirrationalvsrationalbehaviorwithhiddenslides-150729132806-lva1-app6891-thumbnail.jpg?width=320&height=320&fit=bounds slideshow/irrational-vs-rational-photo-rights-robertoerosalesblogcom-irrational-vs-rational-behavior-using-evolutionary-theory-comprehensive-evaluations-to-ensure-building-performance-meets-design-intent/51059287 Irrational Vs Ratio... https://cdn.slidesharecdn.com/ss_thumbnails/whyschoolsevengreenschoolsneedevaluations-150729132022-lva1-app6891-thumbnail.jpg?width=320&height=320&fit=bounds slideshow/why-schools-even-green-schools-need-evaluations/51058997 Why schools even green...