Interaction between users and buildings: Results of a multicreteria analysis

This paper presents the results of an experiment conducted that aim at bringing natural and easiest, the interaction between the occupants of a green building and the building itself. 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´ve based our work on the concept of affordance as a way of adapting the building to their occupant´s behaviour. The results of the proposed experiment shows that simple behavioural 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´ll be able to assess the level of compatibility between the users and the building and have some possible solutions to increase it.