In the last decades energy consumption has become an issue of major concern globally. The rapidly growing energy use has already raised concerns about the difficulty of supplies, the depletion of energy resources and serious environmental impacts (climate change, ozone layer depletion, global warming etc). The contribution of buildings into energy consumption counts 40%, a percentage that exceeds the other sectors such as industry and transport. There are future predictions that energy consumption of buildings will rise due to population growth, increasing demand for high quality building services and comfort levels. The present thesis focuses on the record of the environmental conditions that prevail in an office building in Greece through Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE). POE is a tool for the stakeholders of a building to manage effectively the indoor environmental conditions through the users’ experience in order to reduce energy consumption and to achieve occupant satisfaction.
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