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Learning
from past experiences: the Disney example
The
initial efforts of the FPE Working Group were devoted to exploring
past evaluation efforts and identifying strategies for success.
Several of the senior executives in the FPE Working Group have led
significant previous evaluation efforts, and the consultants facilitating
the Working Group have a long history of conducting evaluations.
In addition, some 23 previous evaluation programs have been analysed
in order to understand what aspects of the programs contributed
most to their having consistent positive impact on how the organizations
delivered and managed buildings (C. M. Zimring & T. Rosenheck,
2001). While some of the success of evaluation programs was due
to traditional research criteria, such as whether the data were
valid and reliable, organizational culture and processes were often
just as important. The successful organizations were able to create
cultures that incorporated performance criteria and outcomes into
daily operations and everyday discussions.
Related
documents: Zimring
and Rosenheck (2001)
Post-occupancy
evaluation surveys
This
initiative aimes at discovering how much overlap there is among
agencies' questionnaires, and whether it is possible to create a
larger database of evaluation results derived from current performance
evaluation questionnaires. These results will be used to support
one or more of the following steps: 1) identify existing common
questions that could be compared; 2) create new questions or modules
that could become part of all surveys; 3) adapt one of the existing
surveys for common use. Building Performance Evaluations often include
a user survey, and all of the Working Group partners are committed
to surveying users. However, each partner uses a different survey
and numerous different surveys have been developed in the 40-year
history of FPE. Common or comparable items among agencies would
allow the partners to develop benchmarks much more quickly than
they are able to do individually.
Related
documents: Comparison
of performance evalutaion surveys
Energy
performance metrics
An
important component of FPE Working Group's agenda is to establish
common metrics and procedures for evaluating energy performance.
For this purpose, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
provided technical assistance as part of the Performance Metrics
Project (PMP) they are conducting with the Department of Energy.
The PMP project seeks to define and standardize metrics and procedures
necessary to characterize the energy performance of buildings, and
to publicize these methods and procedures through partnerships with
federal and state agencies. The complementary interests of the PMP
and the FPE Working Group provide an opportunity to define, implement,
and test standardized procedures to ensure more consistent and reliable
assessment, reporting, comparison, and benchmarking of energy efficiency.
Related
documents: Report
on Energy Monitoring Methods
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