Sustainability 2009, 1(4), 1069-1086; doi:10.3390/su1041069
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Incorporating User Performance Criteria into Building Sustainability Rating Tools (BSRTs) for Buildings in Operation

George Bairdemail
School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
Received: 12 October 2009 / Accepted: 15 November 2009 / Published: 17 November 2009
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Environmental Sustainability and the Built Environment)
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Abstract: Current Building Sustainability Rating Tools (BSRTs) are concerned mainly with the technical features of new designs. The author argues for the inclusion of user performance criteria in BSRTs for buildings in operation. The case is based on insights gained from surveys of users of sustainable buildings worldwide, and a review of the pioneering NABERS protocol. The paper advocates the establishment of a set of user performance criteria for existing buildings, as a key ingredient in making progress towards a truly sustainable building stock as buildings that perform poorly from the users‘ point of view are unlikely to ever be sustainable.
Keywords: building users; sustainability rating tools; existing buildings; user surveys

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Baird, G. Incorporating User Performance Criteria into Building Sustainability Rating Tools (BSRTs) for Buildings in Operation. Sustainability 2009, 1, 1069-1086.

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Baird G. Incorporating User Performance Criteria into Building Sustainability Rating Tools (BSRTs) for Buildings in Operation. Sustainability. 2009; 1(4):1069-1086.

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Baird, George. 2009. "Incorporating User Performance Criteria into Building Sustainability Rating Tools (BSRTs) for Buildings in Operation." Sustainability 1, no. 4: 1069-1086.

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