@techreport {3441, title = {A Post-Occupancy Monitored Evaluation of the Dimmable Lighting, Automated Shading, and Underfloor Air Distribution System in The New York Times Building}, year = {2013}, month = {01/2013}, institution = {Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory}, address = {Berkeley, CA}, abstract = {

With aggressive goals to reduce national energy use and carbon emissions, the US Department of Energy will be looking to exemplary buildings that have already invested in new approaches to achieving the energy performance goals now needed at a national level. The New York Times Building, in New York, New York, incorporates a number of innovative technologies, systems and processes and could become a model for widespread replication in new and existing buildings. Post-occupancy data are invaluable in establishing confidence in innovation. A year-long monitored study was conducted to verify energy performance, assess occupant comfort and satisfaction with the indoor environment, and evaluate impacts on maintenance and operations. Lessons learned were derived from the analysis; these lessons could help identify and shape policy, financial, or supporting strategies to accelerate diffusion in the commercial building market.

}, author = {Eleanor S. Lee and Luis L. Fernandes and Brian E. Coffey and Andrew McNeil and Robert D. Clear and Thomas L. Webster and Fred S. Bauman and Darryl J. Dickerhoff and David Heinzerling and Tyler Hoyt} } @techreport {58235, title = {Post-Occupancy Evaluation of The New York Times Headquarters Building: an Examination of Causes for Occupant Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction with the Energy-Efficiency Measures}, year = {2010}, month = {10/2010}, type = {DOE/LBNL Technical report}, address = {Berkeley}, abstract = {

A post-occupancy evaluation (POE) survey was issued by The New York Times (NYT) to their employees with the assistance of Sustainable Energy Partnerships (SEP). SEP conducted a detailed analysis of the survey data (September 29, 2010 draft) and found that a significant fraction of the building occupants were satisfied to very satisfied with the overall building. Compared to other buildings, the overall level of satisfaction was greater than the norm of surveyed buildings.

This additional analysis was conducted to identify potential causes of the occupants{\textquoteright} satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the innovative lighting, shading, and space- conditioning systems themselves and/or the resultant indoor environment produced by these systems. The analysis used various methods to identify statistically significant factors, where the factors were those given in the survey questionnaire. Additional factors or causes of satisfaction and dissatisfaction were identified through analysis of the detailed comments: this was done for the questions related to the lighting section of the survey.

}, author = {Robert D. Clear} }