Evaluation of Indoor Environmental Quality in LEED and non-LEED Residential Homes

FT3建筑景观室内设计正在寻求评估它所设计的24个住房单元 布兰登、汤普森和PA、MB的表现都与预期一致。尽管所有单位的设计都是为了 在能源和环境设计评级体系(LEED)标准中处于领先地位，只有四、六和另一种标准 布兰登、汤普森和PAS的六个单位分别获得了LEED金牌认证。这样做的目的是 由NSERC Engage Grant资助的试点项目是开发一种方法来进行 LEED和非LEED住宅入住后的室内环境质量(IEQ)评价 并通过申请布兰登的一套单身住宅来验证这一点。该方法将涉及1)收集现有的 每个场地的房屋设计文件，2)进行IEQ的物理测量和对 这些房子的室内环境，以及3)关于它们的FT3设计师和住户的访谈。这个 该方法的分析部分将侧重于交叉关联使用这些不同方法收集的数据 评估LEED家庭与非LEED家庭的IEQ性能。分析还将扩展到 评估实际绩效与预期绩效，并确定影响最大的因素和变量 在智商上。该项目旨在为ft3架构提供一系列可用作评估工具的方法 并对传统住宅和绿色住宅的IEQ性能进行基准测试。该项目还将提供一系列 建议改善现有及未来类似发展项目的设计。这项研究和其他研究 从长远来看，应该带来一系列知识，转化为更好的绿色指导 住房和简化PoE方法，从而增加加拿大在此类研究和支持方面的能力 对它们进行更彻底的评估。

Ft3 Architecture Landscape Interior Design is looking to evaluate whether the 24 housing units it's designed in each of Brandon, Thompson and The Pas, MB are performing as expected. Although all units were designed to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Rating System (LEED) standards, only four, six and another six units in Brandon, Thompson and the Pas respectively received LEED Gold certification. The goal of this pilot project funded through the NSERC Engage Grant is to develop a methodology to conduct a post-occupancy evaluation of the Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) of these LEED and non-LEED homes and validate it by applying to a single home in Brandon. The methodology will involve 1) collecting existing design documents for the houses at each site, 2) conducting physical measurements of IEQ and observations of the indoor environment of these houses, and 3) interviewing ft3 designers and home occupants about them. The analysis portion of the methodology will focus on cross correlating data collected using these different methods to evaluate the IEQ performance of LEED versus non-LEED homes. The analysis will also extend to evaluating actual versus projected performance and identifying the factors and variables with the most impact on IEQ. This project aims to offer ft3 Architecture an array of methods that can be used as a tool to evaluate and benchmark the IEQ performance of conventional and green homes. The project will also provide a series of recommendations to improve the design of existing and future similar developments. This and other research should lead in the longer term to a body of knowledge that would translate to improved guidance for green houses and streamline POE methods, thereby increasing Canadian capacity for such research and enabling more thorough evaluations of them.