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Post Occupancy Evaluation in Educational Spaces The Impact of Seasonal Discrepancies (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Duran, O., & Jill, Z. (in press). Post Occupancy Evaluation in Educational Spaces The Impact of Seasonal Discrepancies.

This paper presents findings from a Post Occupancy Evaluation research of a BREEAM Excellence-rated university building, to understand the experience of the students using university study spaces. This research focuses on winter conditions and the ou... Read More about Post Occupancy Evaluation in Educational Spaces The Impact of Seasonal Discrepancies.

Post Occupancy Evaluation in Educational Spaces: The Impact of Seasonal Discrepancies (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Duran, O., Jill, Z., & William, P. (in press). Post Occupancy Evaluation in Educational Spaces: The Impact of Seasonal Discrepancies.

This paper presents findings from a Post Occupancy Evaluation research of a BREEAM Excellence-rated university building, to understand the experience of the students using university study spaces. This research focuses on winter conditions and the ou... Read More about Post Occupancy Evaluation in Educational Spaces: The Impact of Seasonal Discrepancies.

Collaborative Approach to Design: Case-study of Future-Proofing A Paragraph 80 House (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Duran, O., & Elnokly, A. (in press). Collaborative Approach to Design: Case-study of Future-Proofing A Paragraph 80 House.

This paper demonstrates future-proofing preliminary design phase of a Paragraph 80 (DLUHC, 2021) housing case study by using Building Performance Simulation. Paragraph 80 is about the design of new isolated homes in the countryside defined as outstan... Read More about Collaborative Approach to Design: Case-study of Future-Proofing A Paragraph 80 House.

Impact of Location Selection on Whole Life Carbon of a Multi-National Manufacturing Facility (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Duran, O., & Fieldson, R. (2023). Impact of Location Selection on Whole Life Carbon of a Multi-National Manufacturing Facility. In Proceedings Of the 8th International ICARB Conference on Carbon Accounting (160-174)

Global companies locate new facilities to suit their market opportunities and budgetary costs, however, with increasing expectations to cut emissions and with expectations to meet net-zero commitments, selecting sites based on resulting whole-li... Read More about Impact of Location Selection on Whole Life Carbon of a Multi-National Manufacturing Facility.

Post-Pandemic Study Spaces: Post Occupancy Evaluation of BREEAM Excellence Rated University Building (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Duran, O., & Zhao, J. (2022). Post-Pandemic Study Spaces: Post Occupancy Evaluation of BREEAM Excellence Rated University Building.

This paper presents preliminary findings from a Post Occupancy Evaluation research of a BREEAM excellence-rated university building, to understand the experience of the students using university study spaces under a post-pandemic teaching and learnin... Read More about Post-Pandemic Study Spaces: Post Occupancy Evaluation of BREEAM Excellence Rated University Building.

Students as co-Researchers; POE of a Post-Pandemic Study Space (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Duran, O., & Zhao, J. (2022). Students as co-Researchers; POE of a Post-Pandemic Study Space.

This paper presents preliminary findings from a Post Occupancy Evaluation research of a BREEAM excellence-rated university building, to understand the experience of the students using university study spaces under a post-pandemic teaching and learnin... Read More about Students as co-Researchers; POE of a Post-Pandemic Study Space.

An Advanced Refurbishment Evaluation Methodology for Modernist Office Buildings (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Duran, O., & Lomas, K. J. (2021). An Advanced Refurbishment Evaluation Methodology for Modernist Office Buildings.

The energy used in non-domestic buildings accounts for 18 \% of the energy use in the UK. Modernist office buildings, typically defined as those built between 1945 and 1985, represent a promising sector for refurbishment and energy demand reduction.... Read More about An Advanced Refurbishment Evaluation Methodology for Modernist Office Buildings.

Evaluation of refurbishment strategies for Post-War office buildings (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Duran, Ö., Taylor, S. C., & Lomas, K. J. (2015). Evaluation of refurbishment strategies for Post-War office buildings.

Multiple combinations of energy saving refurbishment measures were applied to representative models of post-war office buildings using EnergyPlus. Based on energy consumption, thermal comfort and costs, a range of heating and cooling refurb... Read More about Evaluation of refurbishment strategies for Post-War office buildings.