Below is a compilation of real case stories from buildings that demonstrate how designs are not always adequate or design intents are not met.
“Did I get good results? I’ve got lots of results… I know thousands of things that won’t work” (Thomas Edison)
- Lesson#1 – Educate the Occupants
- Lesson#2 – Climate-occupancy uncoupled HVAC operation
- Lesson#3 – Failures self-masking power of HVAC
- Lesson#4 – Occupants’ comfort misadventures
- Lesson#5 – Through the looking glass
Coming soon: students competition on learning from failures. Bring your own failure case studies… And the lessons learned…