A Prospective Study of Thermal Comfort in Users in Technical Institution TVET: Workshop Facilities Space

Thermal comfort is a part of indoor environmental quality that should be considered to ensure the occupants' well-being. Unconducive buildings not only bring occupants discomfort but also tend affect health, disrupt process teaching and learning, reduce work productivity. Thus, this study determines thermal condition existing workshop used in Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) implementation. Evaluations are based on occupant surveys measurements. A total 257 people completed questionnaire distributed at three technical institutions Kedah, Malaysia. According findings, average sensation vote 1.85, which leads 66.5% respondents feeling discomfort. Meanwhile, adaptive model analysis showed conditions were out zone did comply with ASHRAE 55 standard. Hence, factors from perspective identified widely discussed. As result, research findings will benefit parties involved new building construction or renovations improve air quality.