Effect of thermal, acoustic and air quality perception interactions on the comfort and satisfaction of people in office buildings
Effect of thermal, acoustic and air quality perception interactions on the comfort and satisfaction of people in office buildings
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.
comfort, cross-modal perception, human thermal perception, indoor air quality, multi-domain interactions, noise sensation
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Bourikas, Leonidas
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Gauthier, Stephanie
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Khor Song En, Nicholas
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Xiong, Peiyao
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9 January 2021
Bourikas, Leonidas
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Gauthier, Stephanie
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Khor Song En, Nicholas
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Xiong, Peiyao
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Bourikas, Leonidas, Gauthier, Stephanie, 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), , [333].
(doi:10.3390/en14020333).
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.
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Accepted/In Press date: 18 December 2020
Published date: 9 January 2021
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This study was conducted within the framework of the International Energy Agency?Energy in Buildings and Communities Program (IEA-EBC) Annex 69-Strategy and Practice of Adaptive Thermal Comfort in Low Energy Buildings and Annex 79-Occupant-Centric Building Design and Operation. L.B. and S.G. would like to thank the Sustainable Energy Research Group at the University of Southampton for supporting this work (www.energy.soton.ac.uk). Part of the work of L.B. was supported by the Lancaster School of Architecture and Imagination Lancaster (imagination.lancaster.ac.uk) at LICA, Lancaster University.
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Acknowledgments: This study was conducted within the framework of the International Energy Agency—Energy in Buildings and Communities Program (IEA-EBC) Annex 69-Strategy and Practice of Adaptive Thermal Comfort in Low Energy Buildings and Annex 79-Occupant-Centric Building Design and Operation. L.B. and S.G. would like to thank the Sustainable Energy Research Group at the University of Southampton for supporting this work (www.energy.soton.ac.uk). Part of the work of L.B. was supported by the Lancaster School of Architecture and Imagination Lancaster ( imagination.lancaster.ac.uk) at LICA, Lancaster University.
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comfort, cross-modal perception, human thermal perception, indoor air quality, multi-domain interactions, noise sensation
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Local EPrints ID: 446478
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/446478
ISSN: 1996-1073
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Nicholas Khor Song En
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Peiyao Xiong
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