Dr. Oliver Kinnane:

In the long term, we would all like to see more post-occupancy evaluation of buildings. The research community for energy in buildings has been calling for this for decades. There is a gap with the delivery of the product. We design buildings to a certain standard, but nobody ever really checks if they operate like that. It has been shown through academic study for many decades that these low energy buildings often do not operate as they should. In the long term, we hope to monitor heat and electrical usage in buildings to understand how well they are performing. Maybe somebody will take responsibility for post-occupancy performance of the building.