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The design quality manual improving building performance [electronic resource]

By: Language: English Publication details: Oxford Blackwell 2007Description: eBookISBN:
  • 1405130881
  • 9781405130882
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 720 $2 22
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Partial contents:
Introduction -- Building procurement -- Schools -- Hospitals -- Housing -- Appendix: BRE's design quality matrices
Summary: Provides an objective evaluation of the qualitative aspects of design, using BRE's design quality matrices. The matrices have five defined levels of quality and cover architecture, environmental engineering, user comfort conditions, whole-life costs, detail design and user satisfaction. The manual looks at schools, hospitals and housing and focuses on the needs of the end user and on the overall building performance. Includes case studies.
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Introduction -- Building procurement -- Schools -- Hospitals -- Housing -- Appendix: BRE's design quality matrices

Provides an objective evaluation of the qualitative aspects of design, using BRE's design quality matrices. The matrices have five defined levels of quality and cover architecture, environmental engineering, user comfort conditions, whole-life costs, detail design and user satisfaction. The manual looks at schools, hospitals and housing and focuses on the needs of the end user and on the overall building performance. Includes case studies.