Application of system dynamics to analysis of performance gap in green office buildings

Liu Pei, Wu Xiaoying, Lin Borong, Zimmermann Nici and Papachristos George

2019.03.19

To analyse the formation mechanism of performance gap in green office buildings, introduces the system dynamics approach to investigate technical and social factors affiliated to different stakeholders in different stages of buildings life cycle. Establishes a causal loop diagram of performance gap. Regarding the actual performance, it is not only confirmed that occupants’ behavior and facilities operation strategy are the main influencing factors, but also revealed that there have interconnections between occupants and facility managers. Regarding the expected performance, there is difference between expected design performance and expected operation performance. Green building standard directly affects expected performance, and will be modified and improved by post occupancy evaluation, which indirectly affects expected performance.