Usability Test of an Interface for Human Comfort Learning Tool

A thermal human comfort model, for the estimation of the full time dependent temperature distribution in all human body parts, has been integrated into a computer interface in order to facilitate its current use. During the development stage, the interface has been tested using questionnaires, in order to optimize its usability as a learning tool for post-graduate studies. The questionnaires have been distributed to four different groups defined based on the academic level and thermal comfort knowledge of the individuals. Through a statistical analysis to the obtained data was possible to measure the user satisfaction as also to identify its more and less positive characteristics. Some of the results are presented in this paper.