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Post-occupancy assessment: building design, governance and household consumption

Hendrickson, David J. / Wittman, Hannah K.

Can post-occupancy assessment assess drivers of household consumption? A mixed-methods approach was used to investigate household consumption patterns in three housing types in Vancouver, Canada. An analysis of eight multi-unit, residential household settings was conducted that included high-performance green residential buildings, co-housing buildings, and typical multi-residential buildings. A post-occupancy assessment survey instrument quantified household solid waste, recycling, and storage relationships, and triangulated results with qualitative interviews and site observations. Findings suggest that both the type of housing development and the building governance structure influence household consumption levels, in particular with regard to waste-reduction strategies and storage issues. Of the studied building types, co-housing appears to have the most potential to reduce household consumption through innovative management practices and the sharing of resources. Une evaluation apres occupation permet-elle d'evaluer les facteurs de consommation des menages? Une approche a methodes mixtes est utilisee pour etudier les habitudes de consommation des menages dans trois types de logements a Vancouver, au Canada. Une analyse portant sur huit ensembles residentiels a logements multiples a ete menee, comprenant des batiments verts residentiels hautes performances, des immeubles en co-habitat et des immeubles classiques a habitations multiples. Un instrument d'enquete permettant une evaluation apres occupation a quantifie les dechets solides des menages, le recyclage et les relations de stockage, et a triangule les resultats avec des entretiens qualitatifs et les observations sur site. Les resultats obtenus suggerent que le type d'ensemble d'habitation aussi bien que la structure de gouvernance des immeubles influent sur les niveaux de consommation des menages, s'agissant en particulier des strategies de reduction des dechets et des problemes de stockage. Parmi les types de batiments etudies, il semble que le co-habitat offre le plus de possibilites de reduction de la consommation des menages par des pratiques de gestion innovantes et le partage des ressources. Mots cles: co-habitat, consommation, gouvernance, menages, logement, evaluation apres occupation, dechets solides