Design and in-field testing of a multi-level system for continuous subjective occupant feedback on indoor climate

Lassen, Niels Buus; Josefsen, Terje; Goia, Francesco

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.107535

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“…For instance, the spatial configurations decide where the user should sleep and how many blankets to use. Spatial configurations also dictate, for example, interactions with housemates [104], what we wear indoors [105,106], the types and thicknesses of curtains, and interactions with the outdoors (e.g., size, location, and form of the windows) within our daily lives [107][108][109][110]. This influence is long-term and historical; it began at least from the development of the concept of formal cities [111][112][113], which were known to exist from the era of the Hippodamus (498-408).…”

Section: Health and Housingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Construction for Health; Reversing the Impacts

Shahnoori

Mohammadi

2022

Buildings

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The health of humans and the planet are the most vital contemporary issues and essential components of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Scientists and professionals strive for integrated, evolving, healthy, and sustainable solutions encompassing biodiversity and industrial ecology, while offering viable economic attainments. The building industry, especially construction, is an extensive economic counterpart that largely influences health on various levels. On a practical scale, most direct or indirect impacts on health are related to conventional construction systems (CCSs), particularly their materialisations and implementation methods. Therefore, from a global perspective, emerging technologies or remodelled methods to accomplish sustainable use, reuse, and recycling, and improving the planet’s health to ensure the wellbeing of its inhabitants, are crucial. The current research is part of a broader study on “programmable construction systems” (PCSs), concentrating on “programmable construction materials” (PCMs) for health. Therefore, issues are reviewed, relevancies are addressed, and health-oriented concepts are discussed. Example concepts of formulation and the simplified toolkit creations follow the problems’ sources in a case study, providing insight into the resulting multiscale impacts on real-life practices. The results prove the method’s potential and validate its simplicity and applicability through an abstract examination of a newly built case study. Finally, the summarised outcomes of other extensive studies on societal preferences also confirm the feasibility of the hypothesis (i.e., the healthy materialisation) also from a social perspective.

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Section: Health and Housingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Construction for Health; Reversing the Impacts

Shahnoori

Mohammadi

2022

Buildings

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“…Another study on occupant-centric control strategies for adaptive façades discusses the implementations of adaptive comfort models and personalized control strategies to improve user satisfaction (Tabadkani et al, 2021). In addition, there are a few other research studies on post-occupancy evaluations and real-time occupant feedback in buildings with adaptive façades, demonstrating the influences of different physical factors on the feeling of comfort in users (Alavi et al, 2017;Attia et al, 2018;Bakker et al, 2014;Lassen et al, 2021;Luna-Navarro et al, 2021).…”

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Towards a Human Centred Approach for Adaptive Façades

Koyaz

Hoces

Tavil

et al. 2022

JFDE

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Adaptive façades are multifunctional systems that are able to change their functions, features, or behaviour over time in response to changing boundary conditions or performance requirements. As one of the significant developments in the façade industry over the last decade, the adaptive façade offers an intelligent solution that can decrease energy consumption and potentially increase users’ comfort in a building. From an engineering perspective, these advanced technologies aim to improve the overall performance of the building while generating a better indoor environment for the users, but unfortunately, investigations show that this goal is not always achieved. This is why, to bridge this performance gap, we embark on a change of perspective in façade design, from a technology-centred to a human-centred one. This research emphasizes that, with their changeability aspects, adaptive façade technologies offer unique potential, although the design of such façades requires a deeper understanding of users. With this as its focus, this paper aims to identify the factors affecting the user experience in a working environment, considering the interactions of the user with building services and façade systems from a holistic point of view, in which façade-user relationships are to be distinguished, towards the larger aim of developing a human-centred approach for adaptive façade design.

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“…Thanks to the information and communication technology and the use of portable computers, tablets and smartphones, it is now possible to continuously collect occupants' subjective feedback. However, a unique methodology universally recognized and applied is not available yet [24]. As a step forward in the collection of subjective feedback, occupants can be provided with information on real-time monitored IEQ conditions, and a comparison between objective and subjective data can be performed through the new technologies [6].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Indoor Environmental Quality and Comfort in Offices: A Review

Fissore,

Fasano,

Puglisi

et al. 2023

Buildings

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People spend about 90% of their time in closed spaces such as residential and office environments, and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) has effects on their health, well-being, overall comfort and work productivity. The IEQ domains (i.e., thermal, acoustic, visual and indoor air quality) are able to influence office users’ work day and even cause the onset of diseases. This review aims at investigating IEQ in offices and the multidomain combined effects on occupants’ overall comfort. Studies published between 2016 and 2022 were summarized, focusing on four research questions formulated to deepen the knowledge on (i) IEQ perception and evaluation, (ii) IEQ indexes and parameters, (iii) factors that influence comfort perception and (iv) IEQ and comfort representation in space and time. For these research questions, a total of 29, 19, 10 and 9 studies, found on the Scopus database through a keywords search, were considered, respectively. The studies were included only if they appraised a multidomain approach. The results obtained for each research question reveal that: (i) Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) surveys are often applied to understand how occupants perceive IEQ, and in-field monitoring based on low-cost sensors is implemented more and more to acquire IEQ data, (ii) a set of indexes and parameters for IEQ assessment is not standardized yet, although some parameters are commonly used, (iii) personal factors like age and gender, and contextual factors like workstation location and office type, influence occupants’ comfort perception and (iv) dashboards are used to allow office end-users to visualize the indoor conditions of the environment.

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Design and in-field testing of a multi-level system for continuous subjective occupant feedback on indoor climate

Cited by 15 publications

References 26 publications

Construction for Health; Reversing the Impacts

Construction for Health; Reversing the Impacts

Towards a Human Centred Approach for Adaptive Façades

Indoor Environmental Quality and Comfort in Offices: A Review

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