Multicriteria analysis of the interaction between users and buildings

This paper presents the results of an experiment aiming at bringing the interaction between the occupants of a green building and the building itself, more natural and easiest. The true challenge is to create buildings that can be understood and used in an optimal way without adding new constraints and reducing comfort of the user. We have based our work on the concept of affordance as a way of adapting the building to their occupant´s behavior. The results of the proposed experiment shows that simple behavioral patterns should be taken into account to better apprehend the interaction between users and their houses. This experiment allowed us to highlight these patterns. Data was used to determine the weightings of criteria identified as impact factors on user´s practices. By integrating these weights in our model of interaction we will be able to assess the level of compatibility between the users and the building and have some possible solutions to increase it.