Lighting Instrumentation, Measurement and Performance Reporting of MABEL - Australia
Abstract
The Mobile Architecture and Built Environment Laboratory (MABEL) program is a pilot study to building performance measurement and analysis. A comprehensive set of Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) performance parameters are assessed to ascertain where weaknesses occur, commissioning is lacking and improvements can be made. Foremost, it is intended that the findings of measurement will provide the much needed feedback loop to our building design, detailing and construction assembly processes as suggested by Hawken, 1999, Hyde, et.al. 2007, and Lstiburek, 2008. In relation to such work the European Commission (CEN prEN15251 Standard, 2005) and an alliance between ASHRAE, the U.S. Green Building Council and CIBSE, 2010, to name a few, have produced protocols on an IEQ measurement processes. Perhaps the ultimate result is to reach a single value IEQ performance-rating indicator, which (if needed), can be further analyzed under its individual category parameters (Figure 1, Luther, 2009).