Thermal comfort and occupant adaptive behaviour in university offices with cooling and free running modes
This paper presents results of a small-scale field survey of occupant thermal comfort and adaptive behaviour, conducted in university office buildings in Fukuoka, Japan (August 2014). A comparison was made between offices with cooling (AC) and free running (FR) modes. Indoor environmental conditions...
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| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61824/1/SheikhAhmadZaki2015_ThermalComfortandOccupantAdaptiveBehaviour.pdf http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61824/ http://events.utm.my/event/sia-2015-international-joint-conference-senvar-inta-avan-2015/ |
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| Summary: | This paper presents results of a small-scale field survey of occupant thermal comfort and adaptive behaviour, conducted in university office buildings in Fukuoka, Japan (August 2014). A comparison was made between offices with cooling (AC) and free running (FR) modes. Indoor environmental conditions were measured, simultaneously with administration of a questionnaire survey. Most Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) values were higher than Thermal Sensation Vote (TSV) values for both cases. This indicates that the PMV model over-predicted actual thermal response. The thermal response in FR offices was found to be more sensitive than in those with AC; additionally, respondents could tolerate a narrower range of variation in indoor operative temperature. Occupants’ adaptive behaviours in AC office were more limited compared to those of respondents with FR. This indicates amenable thermal conditions in A/C-controlled indoor environments, with occupants having no wish to make changes. |
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