Includes bibliographical references and index.

The evolution of building performance evaluation : an introduction / Wolfgang F.E. Preiser and Jacqueline C. Vischer -- A conceptual framework for building performance evaluation / Wolfgang F.E. Preiser and Ulrich Schramm -- Phase 1 : strategic planning - effectiveness review / Ulrich Schramm -- Phase 2 : programming/briefing - programme review / Alexi Marmot, Joanna Eley, and Stephen Bradley -- Phase 3 : design - design review / Jacqueline C. Vischer -- Phase 4 : construction - commissioning / Michael J. Holtz -- Phase 5 : occupancy - post-occupancy evaluation / Bill Bordass and Adrian Leaman -- Phase 6 : adaptive reuse/recycling - market needs assessment / Danny S.S. Then -- Benchmarking the 'sustainability' of a building project / Susan Roaf -- Introducing the ASTM facilities evaluation methodology / Françoise Szigeti, Gerald Davis, and David Hammond -- Assessing the performance of offices of the future / Rotraut Walden -- Assessing Brazilian workplace performance / Sheila Walbe Ornstein, Cláudia Miranda de Andrade, and Brenda Chaves Coelho Leite -- User satisfaction surveys in Israel / Ahuva Windsor -- Building performance evaluation in Japan / Akikazu Kato, Pieter C. Le Roux, and Kazuhisa Tsunekawa -- Evaluation of innovative workplace design in the Netherlands / Shauna Mallory-Hill, Theo J.M. van der Voordt, and Anne van Dortmont -- Evaluating universal design performance / Wolfgang F.E. Preiser -- The facility performance evaluation working group / Craig Zimring ... [et al.] -- The human element in building performance evaluation / Alex K. Lam -- Looking to the future / Jacqueline C. Vischer -- Appendix : Measuring instruments for building performance evaluation.