Mixed Methods Applied to the Building Energy Quotient (OR-16-C050)

This paper is about the application of Mixed Methods for design professionals and social science researchers.   The purpose is to describe an intellectual commons which integrates qualitative and quantitative data related to sustainable design and operation of the built environment. Once described, the proposed intellectual commons would include a form of communication based on data described by symbolism and logic to be shared by the broad range of worldviews in our global society. This form of communication models that which is common in the process of problem solving for many academic and professional disciplines.