Arch 571
	Building Performance Evaluation Instructor: Bruce Haglund Office: AAS 306 Phone: 885-6781 E-mail: <bhaglund@uidaho.edu>

Texts

The primary textbooks are: 

Housing Fit for Purpose: Performance, Feedback, and Learning by Fionn Stevenson. Also available directly from the publisher, RIBA, <https://www.architecture.com/riba-books/search.html?autoRedirect=true&searchterm=9781859468241>

The primary virtual texts are:

High Performing Buildings Web Site <http://www.hpbmagazine.org/>

Of special interest to class members are the digital issues:

• Case Studies—several provided in each issue
• Current and back issues of the magazine
• Case study format and sidebar examples

The Agents of Change Web Site <http://aoc.uoregon.edu/>

Of special interest to class members are the pages for:

• Documents—teaching and workshop documents that describe and give examples of the case study process
• Case Studies—links to exemplary case studies from several universities
• Tool Days—links to one-day workshops held annually (at least)
• Links—to other sites of specific interest and quality

The Vital Signs Homepage < http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/vitalsigns/>.
[Note: this site is currently only available via the WayBack Machine <http://web.archive.org/>.]

 Of special interest to class members are:

• Resource Packages—these are techniques for investigating building performance
• Field Equipment for Building Science—scientific instruments for measuring building performance
• Links to Related Web Sites—enter the abyss!
• Vital Signs FTP Site—you can download software
• Candidate Buildings—a list not yet developed by other educators
• Vital Signs Case Study Library—examples of completed case studies
• Links to Other Case Studies—yet more case studies
• Performing a Case Study—hints on how to go about studying a building
• Case Study Components: Workups vs. Dossiers—information vs. data
• Publishing a Case Study—format and content guidelines
• Style Guide for Case-Study Web Pages—a format you could use

Information about the Center for the Built Environment's on-line occupant survey can be found at https://cbe.berkeley.edu/research-category/indoor-environmental-quality/ click the Occupant Indoor Environmental Quality Survey tab.

Supplemental reading can be done in on-line journals pertaining to green architecture and technology:

1. Environmental Building News <http://www.buildinggreen.com> [You have free access to all Building Green material when you're logged in to your computer with your official UI login]
2. ArchitectureWeek <http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com > [click on Design Tools and Environment]
3. Architecture <https://www.architectmagazine.com/>
4. PROBE (Post-Occupancy Review of Buildings and their Engineering) <http://www.usablebuildings.co.uk/>