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Hartog, L, Weijs-Perrée, M and Appel-Meulenbroek, R (2018) The influence of personality on user satisfaction: multi-tenant offices. Building Research & Information, 46(04), 402–16.

Ioannidou, D, Zerbi, S, García de Soto, B and Habert, G (2018) Where does the money go? Economic flow analysis of construction projects. Building Research & Information, 46(04), 348–66.

Jack, R, Loveday, D, Allinson, D and Lomas, K (2018) First evidence for the reliability of building co-heating tests. Building Research & Information, 46(04), 383–401.

Kristjansdottir, T F, Heeren, N, Andresen, I and Brattebø, H (2018) Comparative emission analysis of low-energy and zero-emission buildings. Building Research & Information, 46(04), 367–82.

Lorch, R (2018) End of an era. Building Research & Information, 46(04), 343–7.

Meacham, B J and van Straalen, I J (2018) A socio-technical system framework for risk-informed performance-based building regulation. Building Research & Information, 46(04), 444–62.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: building regulation; governance; performance based; risk; risk informed; socio-technical system;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2017.1299525
  • Abstract:
    Building regulatory systems have been evolving in recent decades, first with a transition to a functional or performance basis, and more recently with the introduction of new societal objectives, including those related to sustainability and climate change resiliency. Various policy and technical challenges have been identified with this evolution, including the lack of a common basis for establishing performance expectations, quantified performance metrics, and robust mechanisms to incorporate new objectives in a manner that effectively integrates a diversity of stakeholder input and results in regulatory requirements that do not compete with long-standing objectives. Among the mechanisms being explored to facilitate a managed evolution is the use of risk as a basis for performance, and modifications within the building regulatory environment to enable this. It is posited that framing the building regulatory system as a socio-technical system (STS) will highlight the complex interactions that exist between regulators and the market, the roles stakeholders play in characterizing risk for use in building regulation, and what steps are required to shift to a risk-informed performance-based building regulatory system, taking into account different legal structures and regulatory approaches that exist between jurisdictions.

Parkinson, A T, Reid, R, McKerrow, H and Wright, D (2018) Evaluating positivist theories of occupant satisfaction: a statistical analysis. Building Research & Information, 46(04), 430–43.

Pekkonen, M, Turunen, M and Haverinen-Shaughnessy, U (2018) Housing quality perceptions in Finland: the elderly population. Building Research & Information, 46(04), 417–29.