Relationships: Energy Usage Indoor Environmental Quality Occupant Perception and Health In Commercial Office Buildings

Authors

  • Davor Novosel CIAQP and Linda D. Stetzenbach, Ph.D. National Center for Energy Management and Building Technologies, Alexandria, Virginia Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies University of Nevada, Las Vega

Abstract

A multi-disciplinary study to comprehensively measure and ana-
lyze operational performance and indoor environmental conditions in
a sample of typical commercial office buildings in the United States
is described. The study provides data that are currently not available.
The indoor building factors investigated during this study have never
been formally studied in a comprehensive and systematic manner. No
normative database currently exists for typical buildings, making it
impossible to correlate occupant indoor environmental response data
to corresponding building design information and related measured
microbiological and engineering data. These are necessary to properly
assess building performance.
This article describes the integrated building performance data-
base, its development, and what and how data are collected and ana-
lyzed. The measured environmental data undergoes rigorous statistical
analyses based on numerous hypotheses, which are designed to confirm
or dispute standard industry assumptions with regard to comfort and
occupant perceptions of indoor air quality (IAQ).

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Author Biography

Davor Novosel, CIAQP and Linda D. Stetzenbach, Ph.D. National Center for Energy Management and Building Technologies, Alexandria, Virginia Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies University of Nevada, Las Vega

Davor Novosel is the chief technology offi cer for the National Center for Energy Management and Building Technologies. He brings an international career in the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning industry with special expertise in indoor air quality (IAQ), moisture control technologies, and ventilation to his work.

At the national center, Mr. Novosel leads the development of technology strategy and manages the portfolio of multi-disciplinary R&D projects developing solutions to energy management, indoor environmental quality, and security concerns in new and existing buildings. He identifi es strategically important technology projects and provides support and input to affect the successful development and deployment of such projects.

Prior to joining the national center, Mr. Novosel was a principal with the Chelsea Group, where he managed and executed IAQ investigation, remediation, and verifi cation projects for a wide variety of commercial and institutional clients. He also assisted strategic consulting clients develop and market products, technologies, and services that improve the indoor environment.

In his professional career, Mr. Novosel held various technical and marketing positions with U.S. and European heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning companies.

A prolifi c technical writer, Mr. Novosel has published more than two dozen papers over the last decade. He is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), past vice-chair of Standards Committee, and a member of other ASHRAE society, technical, and standard project committees. Mr. Novosel is also a member of the Association of Energy Engineers, Association of German Engineers, and the Construction Specifi cations Institute.

Mr. Novosel holds a Master of Science in mechanical engineering degree from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, and a Master in business administration degree from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Evanston, Illinois. Mr. Novosel is also a Certifi ed Indoor Air Quality Professional (CIAQP). Davor can be reached at dnovosel@ncembt.org.

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2023-07-11

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Novosel, D. . (2023). Relationships: Energy Usage Indoor Environmental Quality Occupant Perception and Health In Commercial Office Buildings. Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment, 26(2), 31–46. Retrieved from https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/SPEE/article/view/20063

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