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PROJECT INFORMATION SHEET

The Property Owner, 14 Jane Deans Close.

Project Title: A SUPERHOME in Christchurch Under Winter Conditions: Real Performance Through Post-Occupancy Evaluation

Name of Researcher: Bramantino Armiento

Supervisor: Prof Robyn Phipps & Dr Eziaku Onyeizu Rasheed

Researcher introduction

I am a Masters candidate of the Department of Ecology, Massey University.

This project aims to investigate the post-occupancy performance and indoor environment quality of a Superhome Movement Exemplar building, in Christchurch, New Zealand. Your building is a suitable candidate for this exercise. As the owner of this building, I am requesting your permission to access the building and its occupants to participate in this exercise.

Project Procedures

The procedure for this exercise is simple and requires little time of the occupants. It is outlined as follows: • A 6-week indoor environment quality and on-site energy generation and energy usage monitoring

will be carried out. Monitoring instruments will be installed in the building and this requires the researcher’s presence inside the building. The instrumentation will take 3-4 hours to set up, and will be undertaken at a time that is convenient to the occupants. All instruments are small and handheld instruments that are silent and non- polluting. During the 6-week monitoring period, the researcher will need to check the monitoring instruments between the 3rd and 4th week of the monitoring period and will again visit the building to remove the instruments at week 6.

• An invitation for participating in a questionnaire survey will be delivered to the occupants. It is solely the choice of the occupants whether or not to participate. The questionnaire is an internationally recognized questionnaire, i.e. BUS Methodology two-page occupant questionnaire 2011 used for Building in Use Occupant Survey – with license from Building Use Studies (BUS) Ltd 20111. The questions are easy to answer without any ambiguities. The questionnaire requires approximately 5-10 minutes of the participants' time and will be undertaken at anytime during the data collection period with further notice. The questionnaires will be delivered to the occupants prior to the final site visit and I will be available to collect them during my last visit in the envelope to be delivered along with the questionnaires. This is to avoid compromising anonymity if I collect it from the occupants.

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PROJECT INFORMATION SHEET

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Data storage/retention/destruction/future use

Data collected during this exercise will be stored with the University for a Period of 6 years2 in its original format in a locket cabinet on the university premises. This is to enable the researcher use the data when required after which the data will be destroyed. The results of this exercise will be used for academic purposes only and any intended publication to external sources outside the university will be with your approval. Outside these terms, the data has no future use.

Right to Withdraw from Participation

As the manager of the building, you have the right to accept or deny this permission at any time of this study.

Anonymity and Confidentiality

In any publication the occupants will be anonymous and the address of the property will not be included. The questionnaire is a licensed document and cannot be altered. However, it is solely the choice of the occupant whether or not to give their names and department. Should they choose to give their identity, it will be kept anonymous and confidential. It will not be used in any publication.

Contact Details and Approval Wording

Mr Bramantino Armiento – Department of Ecology

Massey University

[email protected] 021 053 1978

Prof Robyn Phipps (Supervisor) - Department of Construction

Massey University

[email protected]

Dr Eziaku Onyeizu Rasheed (co- Supervisor) - Department of Construction

Massey University

[email protected] Phone: +64 9 4140800 ext 43796

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A SUPERHOME in Christchurch Under Winter Conditions: Real Performance Through Post-Occupancy Evaluation

PROJECT CONSENT FORM

Researcher: Bramantino Armiento

Supervisors: Prof Robyn Phipps & Dr Eziaku Onyeizu Rasheed

I have read the Project Information Sheet and have understood the nature of the research and why my building has been selected. All my questions have been answered to my satisfaction, and I understand that I may ask further questions at any time.

I understand that:

• A 6-week indoor environment quality and on-site energy generation and energy usage monitoring will be carried out;

• Monitoring instruments will be installed in the building and this requires the

researcher’s presence inside the building;

• the researcher will need to check the monitoring instruments between the 3rd and 4th week of the monitoring period and will again visit the building to remove the instruments at week 6;

• An invitation for participating in a questionnaire survey will be delivered to the occupants. The questionnaire is a licensed document and cannot be altered. However, it is solely the choice of the occupants whether or not to give his/her identities;

• Should the participant choose to give his/her identity, it will be kept confidential to the researcher and not be used in any report or publication;

• The questionnaires are to be dropped off in the envelope provided along with the questionnaires and this will be done to avoid compromising anonymity of the participants;

• this exercise will be used for academic purposes only and any intended publication to external sources outside the university will be with your approval;

• I am free to withdraw the participation of the building and the occupants (and/or any information I provide) from the project up to 1st of August 2017; and,

• Data obtained will be placed in an official archive for 6 years in its original format and in an electronic format in a locket cabinet on the university premises.

I accept your request for access to the building and the occupants under the conditions set out.

Signature: Date:

Full Name - printed

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