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PAPERBACK list:$34.00 Web:$30.60 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Learning from Our Buildings: A State-of-the-Practice Summary of Post-Occupancy Evaluation Green Schools: Attributes for Health and Learning Other Related Titles Learning from Our Buildings: A State-of-the-Practice Summary of Post-Occupancy Evaluation (2002) Federal Facilities Council (FFC) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 88   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix C Supplemental Information to Chapter 3 Page 88 Front Matter (R1-R8) 1 Overview: A Summary of Findings (1-8) 2 The Evolution of Post-Occupancy Evaluation: Toward Building Performance and Universal Design Evaluation (9-22) 3 Post-Occupancy Evaluation: A Multifaceted Tool for Building Improvement (23-34) 4 Post-Occupancy Evaluation Processes in Six Federal Agencies (35-41) 5 Post-Occupancy Evaluations and Organizational Learning (42-53) 6 The Role of Technology for Building Performance Assessments (54-62) Appendix A Functionality and Serviceability Standards: Tools for Stating Functional Requirements and for Evaluating Facilities (63-78) Appendix B A Balanced Scorecard Approach to Post-Occupancy Evaluation: Using the Tools of Business to Evaluate Facilities (79-87) Appendix C Supplemental Information to Chapter 3 (88-94) Appendix D Supplemental Information to Chapter 4 (95-115) Appendix E Supplemental Information to Chapter 6 (116-118) Appendix F Chapter 5 from Post-Occupancy Evaluation Practices in the Building Process: Opportunities for Improvement, National Academy Press, 1987 (119-125) Bibliography (126-129)

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89 APPENDIX C 271 Lincoln Street Buildings-in-Use Lexington MA.02421 781-674-3186 phone 781-674-1489 fax Boston Montreal Buildings-In-Use December 20, 2001 I.D.Number ____/___/____ Please leave blank Welcome to the Building-In-Use Assessment Survey! This questionnaire is for all staff. We want to find out more about how you feel about the facility you work in, and how you feel this environment affects your work. Below you will find a checklist of items about your workspace. Please answer these questions as soon as you receive the questionnaire. It will take you less than 10 minutes to complete. When you have filled it out, please return it immediately. Please do not fill out the ID number on this survey form. It is used for analysis purposes. However, please provide your office location in the space provided, as this will help us understand the building conditions at your work location. Your name is not necessary on the questionnaire and your answers will remain confidential. We really want to hear from you. Thank-you for participating! PLEASE FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING: Office or cube number _________________ Floor _________ Workgroup or department name _______________________ Please rate your comfort level in your primary workspace on the following scales, where 1 is poor or uncomfortable and 5 is good or comfortable, and 2 3 - 4 are in-between, with 3 being neutral. Your task is to circle the number on each scale that best represents your experience of working in this building. 1. Temperature comfort: 1 2 3 4 5 GENERALLY BAD GENERALLY GOOD over . . . 1

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90 LEARNING FROM OUR BUILDINGS Buildings-in-Use 2. How cold it gets: 1 2 3 4 5 TOO COLD COMFORTABLE 3. How warm it gets: 1 2 3 4 5 TOO WARM COMFORTABLE 4. Temperature shifts: 1 2 3 4 5 TOO FREQUENT GENERALLY CONSTANT 5. Ventilation comfort: 1 2 3 4 5 GENERALLY BAD GENERALLY GOOD 6. Air freshness: 1 2 3 4 5 STALE AIR FRESH AIR 7. Air Movement: 1 2 3 4 5 STUFFY CIRCULATING 8. Noise distractions: 1 2 3 4 5 DISTURBING NOT A PROBLEM 9. General office noise level (background noise from conversation and equipment): 1 2 3 4 5 TOO NOISY COMFORTABLE 10. Specific office noises (individual voices and equipment): 1 2 3 4 5 DISTURBING NOT A PROBLEM over . . . 2

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91 APPENDIX C Buildings-in-Use 11. Noise from the air systems: 1 2 3 4 5 DISTURBING NOT A PROBLEM 12. Noise from office lighting: 1 2 3 4 5 BUZZ/NOISY NOT A PROBLEM 13. Noise from outside the building: 1 2 3 4 5 DISTURBING NOT A PROBLEM 14. Furniture arrangement in your workspace: 1 2 3 4 5 UNCOMFORTABLE COMFORTABLE 15. Amount of space in your workspace: 1 2 3 4 5 INSUFFICIENT ADEQUATE 16. Work storage: 1 2 3 4 5 INSUFFICIENT ADEQUATE 17. Shared (team) file storage: 1 2 3 4 5 INSUFFICIENT ADEQUATE 18. Personal storage: 1 2 3 4 5 INSUFFICIENT ADEQUATE 19. Visual privacy in your workspace: 1 2 3 4 5 UNCOMFORTABLE COMFORTABLE over . . . 3

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92 LEARNING FROM OUR BUILDINGS Buildings-in-Use 20. Voice privacy in your workspace: 1 2 3 4 5 UNCOMFORTABLE COMFORTABLE 21. Telephone privacy in your workspace: 1 2 3 4 5 UNCOMFORTABLE COMFORTABLE 22. Electrical Lighting: 1 2 3 4 5 UNCOMFORTABLE COMFORTABLE 23. How bright lights are: 1 2 3 4 5 TOO MUCH LIGHT DOES NOT GET TOO BRIGHT 24. Glare from lights or windows: 1 2 3 4 5 UNCOMFORTABLE COMFORTABLE 25. Natural lighting from windows: 1 2 3 4 5 INSUFFICIENT LIGHT GOOD NATURAL LIGHT 26. Not enough light: 1 2 3 4 5 TOO DARK COMFORTABLE 27. Please rate how this space affects your ability to do your work: 1 2 3 4 5 MAKES IT DIFFICULT MAKES IT EASY 28. How would you rate your satisfaction with this building? 1 2 3 4 5 DISSATISFIED VERY SATISFIED over . . . 4

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93 APPENDIX C Buildings-in-Use PLEASE COMMENT: 29. What I like best/find most useful about this building as a place to work : 30. What I dislike most/have most trouble with in this building as a place to work : 5

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