Investigation on the impacts of different genders and ages on satisfaction with thermal environments in office buildings

Choi, Joon-Ho; Aziz, Azizan; Loftness, Vivian

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.01.004

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“…They consistently reported no gender differences in thermal neutrality, but significantly more frequent expressions of thermal dissatisfaction from females than males were observed, despite comparable indoor thermal environmental conditions. A more recent POE research also reported the same observation [23]. According to Table 1, gender differences in thermal sensation or neutrality observed in laboratory experiments are not universally consistent.…”

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Gender differences in office occupant perception of indoor environmental quality (IEQ)

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This paper investigates the gender differences in the occupants' perception on various aspects of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) by two lines of inquiry; Firstly, a comprehensive literature survey spanning the research areas of indoor air quality (IAQ), sick building syndrome (SBS), thermal comfort, lighting, and acoustics was conducted. Secondly, statistical analyses were performed on a large, predominantly North American Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) database (N=38,257).Statistical analyses indicated that female occupants' satisfaction levels were consistently lower than male occupants for all fifteen IEQ factors (including thermal comfort, air quality, lighting, acoustics, office layout & furnishings, and cleanliness & maintenance) addressed in POE questionnaire, and the differences were statistically significant. Logistic regression analysis identified a significant association between female gender and dissatisfaction with individual IEQ factors. Those gender differences quantified by odds ratios (OR) were most pronounced for dissatisfaction with thermal environment, IAQ, and workspace cleanliness. The analyses produced consistent results, even after potential confounding factors such as age and work characteristics were controlled.

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Section: Kim J De Dear R Cândido C Zhang H Arens E 2013 Gender mentioning

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“…women have previously been reported as being less satisfied with indoor thermal environment [11,12,23,24,29], more sensitive to indoor air problems such as stuffy air, draught, and dust [45], and report higher prevalence of indoor-air-related symptoms [e.g. 21,22].…”

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Gender differences in office occupant perception of indoor environmental quality (IEQ)

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“…At University of Debrecen, a new personalized ventilation method and equipment (ALTAIR) was developed [17,18] which permits the variation of air flow velocity direction around the head. This equipment exploits the fact that the response time to cold stimulus is shorter than the response time to a warm stimulus, [19,20]. Preventing adaptation in this way, a continuous cooling sensation is obtained, which can improve the thermal sensation in warm environments.…”

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An indoor environment evaluation by gender and age using an advanced personalized ventilation system

Kalmár

2017

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

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In a closed space appropriate thermal comfort and proper indoor air quality are extremely important in order to obtain optimal work performance and to avoid health problems of the occupants. Using advanced personalized ventilation systems, different comfort needs can be locally satisfied even in case of warm environments. Thermal sensation and the subjective evaluation of indoor air quality of young and elderly people, men and women respectively, were studied in warm environment using advanced personalized ventilation system combined with total volume ventilation system. Using an advanced has an important effect on the convective heat quantity released by the human body, but the

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“…A combined effect of those factors would cover the influence of LTS on overall comfort. Besides, thermal comfort is a function of psychological, physiological and many other factors [26][27][28], thus it was difficult to be precisely predicted using one or several factors. We consider these main reasons why the value of determination coefficient (R 2 ) was not too high when analyzing the influence of LTS on OTC (see Table 5).…”

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A field study on thermal environment and occupant local thermal sensation in offices with cooling ceiling in Zhuhai, China

Huang

2015

Energy and Buildings

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Investigation on the impacts of different genders and ages on satisfaction with thermal environments in office buildings

Cited by 117 publications

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Gender differences in office occupant perception of indoor environmental quality (IEQ)

Gender differences in office occupant perception of indoor environmental quality (IEQ)

An indoor environment evaluation by gender and age using an advanced personalized ventilation system

A field study on thermal environment and occupant local thermal sensation in offices with cooling ceiling in Zhuhai, China

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