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Usability evaluation of a building simulation web-based design guide on potential user group

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posted on 2020-07-09, 13:42 authored by Renjith Jayapalan-Nair, Eleonora Brembilla, Christina Hopfe, John MardaljevicJohn Mardaljevic
The paper summarises the results of a usability testing exercise for a new building performance simulation based guide. The guide, presented via a webbased platform, aims to aid practitioners and policymakers during the early-design stages to achieve higher thermal and daylight performance. This study in two parts focuses on: understanding the usability of the contents of the guide; and, evaluating the design issues associated with the guide’s web-platform. The results of the usability testing show that the participants generally perceived the design guide easy to use and valuable during early-stages of design. Furthermore, the participants provided suggestions on areas for possible future improvements.

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  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Published in

BauSIM 2020 – 8th Conference of IBPSA Germany and Austria: 23-25 September 2020, Graz University of Technology, Austria; Proceedings

Pages

631-638

Source

BauSIM 2020 Conference

Publisher

International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA International)

Version

VoR (Version of Record)

Publisher statement

This is an Open Access Article. It is published by IBPSA under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2020-06-17

Publication date

2020-10-31

Copyright date

2020

ISBN

9783851257861

Editor(s)

Michael Monsberger; Christina Johanna Hopfe; Markus Krüger; Alexander Passer

Location

Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

Event dates

23rd September 2020 - 25th September 2020

Depositor

Mr Renjith Jayapalan Nair . Deposit date: 7 July 2020

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