By Ryan Duffy, Communications Fellow
About
In this one-hour course, the participant will explore design strategies that encourage beneficial occupant behavior. Consider the impacts occupant behavior changes can have on a building over its lifetime, dispel myths that key occupant behaviors cannot be directed by designers, and learn how these strategies can help achieve LEED certification.
Objectives
- Discuss how occupant behavior impacts a building’s environmental performance
- Identify design strategies that encourage beneficial occupant behavior in the areas of transportation, energy and water conservation, materials, and indoor environmental quality
- Explain how to target strategies by including representative occupants in the design process
- Describe how design strategies aimed at occupant behavior can help projects achieve LEED certification
