POST-OCCUPANCY EVALUATION OF MULTISTOREY AUSTRIAN PASSIVE HOUSING PROPERTIES Cover Image

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POST-OCCUPANCY EVALUATION OF MULTISTOREY AUSTRIAN PASSIVE HOUSING PROPERTIES

Author(s): Alexander G. Keul
Subject(s): Architecture
Published by: Fakulteta za arhitekturo, Univerza v Ljubljani
Keywords: Passive housing; Post-occupancy evaluation; user needs; user information; Austria

Summary/Abstract: Under climate change conditions, sustainable housing has become a political agenda. A key issue for the implementation of sustainable building concepts like passive housing is their user acceptance. Post-occupancy evaluation, provides representative user opinions about housing innovations. The article analyzes a 2007-2008 POE series about the first multistorey passive housing complexes at Austria, eight properties in Vienna and Salzburg City with 577 housing units. A written user survey, answered by 324, collected sociodemographic data on well-being, housing quality criteria, motivation to save energy, information on versus problems with heating and ventilation system. A control group of 244 conventional housing units was studied parallel. Three Vienna PH projects were on a high level of well-being like detached single housing. Less than 50% had chosen their flat because it was passive housing. After several months of experience, 75-85% liked PH. Handling problems with the PH technology were reported especially in the first time period after moving in. The main issue of successful PH identification was the repeated dialogue with management and technicians.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 47-52
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: English
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