Effect of Thermal, Acoustic and Air Quality Perception Interactions on the Comfort and Satisfaction of People in Office Buildings

Bourikas, Leonidas and Gauthier, Stephanie and Khor Song En, Nicholas and Xiong, Peiyao (2021) Effect of Thermal, Acoustic and Air Quality Perception Interactions on the Comfort and Satisfaction of People in Office Buildings. Energies, 14 (2). ISSN 1996-1073

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Abstract

Current research on human comfort has identified a gap in the investigation of multi-domain perception interactions. There is a lack of understanding the interrelationships of different physio-socio-psychological factors and the manifestation of their contextual interactions into cross-modal comfort perception. In that direction, this study used data from a post occupancy evaluation survey (n = 26), two longitudinal comfort studies (n = 1079 and n = 52) and concurrent measurements of indoor environmental quality factors (one building) to assess the effect of thermal, acoustic and air quality perception interactions on comfort and satisfaction of occupants in three mixed-mode university office buildings. The study concluded that thermal sensation (TSV) is associated with both air quality (ASV) and noise perception (NSV). The crossed effect of the interaction of air quality and noise perception on thermal sensation was not evident. The key finding was the significant correlation of operative temperature (Top) with TSV as expected, but also with noise perception and overall acoustic comfort. Regarding the crossed main effects on thermal sensation, a significant effect was found for the interactions of (1) Top and (2) sound pressure levels (SPL30) with air quality perception respectively. Most importantly, this study has highlighted the importance of air quality perception in achieving occupants’ comfort and satisfaction with office space.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Energies
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? HUMAN THERMAL PERCEPTIONCOMFORTMULTI-DOMAIN INTERACTIONSINDOOR AIR QUALITYNOISE SENSATIONCROSS-MODAL PERCEPTIONCOMPUTER SCIENCE(ALL) ??
ID Code:
152308
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Deposited On:
04 Mar 2021 12:25
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
17 Sep 2023 03:00