Analysis of environmental aspects affecting comfort in commercial buildings

The globe thermometer in comfort and environmental studies in buildings

The reasons for the inferior performance of many existing buildings and associated energy systems are diverse, but an important part-cause is insufficient attention to the influence of occupant behaviour. In smart buildings it is necessary to allow for the integration of human behaviour in the HVAC system. In addition, many researchers are limited in their investigation by not having low cost t...

A distance-learning Course on Indoor Environmental Comfort in Buildings

Health and Comfort in Buildings

1. History of buildings and health 1.1 Environmental issues 2. Health effects 2.1 Developing countries 2.2 Developed countries 2.2.1 Cancer 2.2.2 Allergy 2.2.3 Other hypersensitivity reactions 2.2.4 Airways infections 3. Indoor exposures associated with health effects 3.1 Air quality 3.2 Odor 3.3 Chemical compounds 3.4 Particles 3.5 Micro-organisms 3.6 The “Lamp-Post Effect” 3.7 Temperature, an...

analysis of power in the network society

اندیشمندان و صاحب نظران علوم اجتماعی بر این باورند که مرحله تازه ای در تاریخ جوامع بشری اغاز شده است. ویژگیهای این جامعه نو را می توان پدیده هایی از جمله اقتصاد اطلاعاتی جهانی ، هندسه متغیر شبکه ای، فرهنگ مجاز واقعی ، توسعه حیرت انگیز فناوری های دیجیتال، خدمات پیوسته و نیز فشردگی زمان و مکان برشمرد. از سوی دیگر قدرت به عنوان موضوع اصلی علم سیاست جایگاه مهمی در روابط انسانی دارد، قدرت و بازتولید...

Air Quality and Thermal Comfort in Office Buildings: Results of a Large Indoor Environmental Quality Survey

This paper presents results of over 34,000 survey responses to air quality and thermal comfort questions in 215 buildings in US, Canada, and Finland. Results show that 80% or more of the occupants expressed satisfaction with their thermal comfort in only 11% of the buildings surveyed. Air quality scores were somewhat higher, with 26% of buildings having 80% or occupant satisfaction. With respec...