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Monitoring and Measuring Building Performance

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The whole-life sustainability of a building should be underpinned with a demonstration of functional value and an awareness of the direct environmental impact. While a great deal of energy and resources are consumed in the construction of buildings, this is marginal when compared to the operation costs and associated energy used during a building’s life cycle. Many reports identify the build costs and associated resources to be less than 1 % of the whole-life operation costs. The exact energy use of a building can vary widely, depending on the use, energy efficiency of the building and occupant behaviour; thus, a greater deal of attention should be given to understanding the energy used in buildings and how energy efficient operation is achieved.

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    Prof. Christopher Gorse, Dr. David Johnston, Dr. David Glew, Dr. Fiona Fylan, Felix Thomas, Dominic Miles Shenton, Martin Fletcher & Dr. Anne Stafford

  2. ENEDI Research Group, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), ETSI Bilbao, Alameda Urquijo s/n, 48013, Bilbao, Spain

    Aitor Erkoreka

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Gorse, C. et al. (2016). Monitoring and Measuring Building Performance. In: Dastbaz, M., Strange, I., Selkowitz, S. (eds) Building Sustainable Futures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19348-9_3

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