We describe a social game that we designed for encouraging energy efficient behavior amongst building occupants with the aim of reducing overall energy consumption in the building. Occupants vote for their desired lighting level and win points which are used in a lottery based on how far their vote is from the maximum setting. We assume that the occupants are utility maximizers and that their u...

The focus on the needs and drives for adaptation of the building automatically leads to changing needs and demands of the occupants of the building. Building should really take care of its occupants and show adaptable behaviour and reaction to the changing outdoor environment during the day. Design for adaptability should start with the occupants needs for comfort and indoor air quality. These ...

BACKGROUND In Spain, a federal road safety law went into effect in the fall of 1992 extending to urban areas the unrestricted use of safety helmets by all two wheel motor vehicle occupants. OBJECTIVES To assess the effect of the law in reducing fatal motorcycle crash injuries; to estimate the number of lives saved; and to determine changes in the distribution of severity and anatomical locati...

The TAC SafeCar study evaluated the impact of three Intelligent Transport System technologies, alone and in combination, on driver performance: Intelligent Speed Adaptation, Following Distance Warning and a Seatbelt Reminder system for all seated occupants. The project had several aims: to evaluate the technical operation of these technologies; to assess the acceptability to drivers of them; an...

Most of the current studies and solutions developed for building thermal control have been designed independent of the occupant feedback. An acceptable temperature range for the occupancy level is estimated, and control input is designed to maintain temperature within that range during occupancy hours. Consider office floors with cubicles, conference rooms, student dorms, homes, and other multi...

Following publication of the 1998 CIA guidance on the design and location of occupied buildings, operators are now required to assess the risks to occupants of new, existing and temporary buildings. Eutech have been actively involved in carrying out occupied building assessments for a number of years now and have found that in the vast majority of cases, operators are faced with the problem of ...

This paper addresses the injury and pass/fail criteria as well as the kinematics of occupants on side-facing aircraft seats. To demonstrate equivalent level of safety for these seats compared to the conventional forward-or-aft seats, a number of side-facing seat impact sled tests were conducted using a SID with three-point restraint system on a rigid divan-type couch with a rigid bulkhead in or...

PURPOSE Operating or riding on farm equipment is one of the leading causes of farm-related injuries and fatalities among children and adolescents. The aim of this study is to examine environment, crash, vehicle, and occupant characteristics and the probability of injury, given a crash, in youth under age 18 on farm equipment. METHOD Data from the Departments of Transportation on farm equipmen...

The relationship between seatbelt use and injury severity, brain lesion location, and functional outcome was investigated in 163 individuals who sustained traumatic brain injuries in motor vehicle collisions. Of this group, 31 were using a seatbelt at the time of the accident and 132 were not. Restrained motor vehicle occupants were significantly more likely to sustain damage to subcortical bra...