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Measuring Up: Using Pre- and Post-Occupancy Evaluation to Assess High-Performance School Design

Measuring Up: Using Pre- and Post-Occupancy Evaluation to Assess High-Performance School Design“Measuring Up” documents a design research study conducted by Perkins Eastman that used the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School, located in Cambridge, MA, as a test case. The study showed that the high-performance design strategies employed in the design of the MLK School had a significant and measurable impact on both occupant satisfaction and building performance. These findings tie high-performance design strategies to improved building performance and increased satisfaction, bringing the theoretical value-add proposition for high-performance design into reality.