Resident's Seasonal Changes of Place of Occupation in the House as Behavioral Thermoreguration

Sawashima, Tomoaki; Matsubara, Naoki

doi:10.1618/jhes.7.35

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“…As presented in Table 2, residents reported high preference in occupying the semi-private zone in winter. According to Sawashima & Matsubara (2004), when houses are thermally uncomfortable, residents experiencing cold weather prefer to heat the living room only, and the time they stay there increases as a thermoregulation behaviour. The statistics revealed that zone occupation percentage increased when the occupants had the ability to control and modify the occupied From the results of thermo-occupational models, it is evident that there is a variation in occupation behaviour.…”

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“…Changes in seasonal thermal conditions influence human comfort satisfaction and can lead to significant variations in corresponding adaptive behaviours. Physical conditions of the house as well as occupants' psychological aspects have major impact on occupants' behaviours (Sawashima & Matsubara, 2004). Thermal comfort and occupants' adaptive behaviour was studied in air-conditioned offices in Qatar during summer; occupants adapted through adjustments to their clothing and were less satisfired in cooler buildings (Indraganti & Boussaa, 2017).…”

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Thermal seasonal variation and occupants’ spatial behaviour in domestic spaces

Ibrahim

Ali

Abuhendi

et al. 2019

Building Research & Information

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Thermal comfort is essential for optimized performance of daily activities.Continuous variation in the thermal conditions of the environment influences humans' thermoregulation adaptive behaviour, in which people seek to find the most preferred places to move to. Detecting individuals' behaviour and correlated physical adaption measures can help in enhancing the built environment and minimizing energy consumption. Occupants' behaviour in buildings has been widely investigated, focusing largely on energy consumption, however fewer studies have examined the socio-economic aspects in domestic spaces. This study investigates the relationship between indoor thermal conditions of dwellings and occupants' adaptive behaviour in response to thermal seasonal variations. A field survey was conducted in a residential compound in Amman, Jordan, to detect occupants' spatial behaviour in 35 apartments in response to thermal seasonal changes. The results revealed that spatial behaviour was used as an effective adaptive thermoregulation technique, driven by socio-economic aspects. Seasonal thermal variation motivated occupants to move across their apartment seeking the most thermally preferred zones. The occupants' behaviour was based on achieving thermal satisfaction, and on their performed activity at the occupied zone. The developed model is based on family size and other family characteristics; and is proposed to optimize domestic spatial needs in apartment buildings.

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Thermal seasonal variation and occupants’ spatial behaviour in domestic spaces

Ibrahim

Ali

Abuhendi

et al. 2019

Building Research & Information

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“…The situation in residential situations might be slightly different. A study from Japan showed that when houses are poorly insulated and heating appliances are inadequate, staying in the only heated room as a means of behavioral thermoregulation increases 92 . When even the warmth of the heated living room is inadequate, residents spend more time near heating appliances.…”

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Thermal comfort: research and practice

Mazej²,

2010

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Thermal comfort -the state of mind, which expresses satisfaction with the thermal environment-is an important aspect of the building design process as modern man spends most of the day indoors. This paper reviews the developments in indoor thermal comfort research and practice since the second half of the 1990s, and groups these developments around two main themes; (i) thermal comfort models and standards, and (ii) advances in computerization. Within the first theme, the PMV-model (Predicted Mean Vote), created by Fanger in the late 1960s is discussed in the light of the emergence of models of adaptive thermal comfort. The adaptive models are based on adaptive opportunities of occupants and are related to options of personal control of the indoor climate and psychology and performance. Both models have been considered in the latest round of thermal comfort standard revisions. The second theme focuses on the ever increasing role played by computerization in thermal comfort research and practice, including sophisticated multi-segmental modeling and building performance simulation, transient thermal conditions and interactions, thermal manikins.

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Thermal insulation and SIDS—an investigation of selected ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’ infant bedding combinations

Wilson

Chu

2005

Early Human Development

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Resident's Seasonal Changes of Place of Occupation in the House as Behavioral Thermoreguration

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

Thermal seasonal variation and occupants’ spatial behaviour in domestic spaces

Thermal seasonal variation and occupants’ spatial behaviour in domestic spaces

Thermal comfort: research and practice

Thermal insulation and SIDS—an investigation of selected ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’ infant bedding combinations

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