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2. Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments – Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe?

Author

Schweiker, Marcel, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea Risky, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha Yacob, Azar, Elie, Bannazadeh, Bahareh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon-Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti Aisyah, Daniel, Lyrian, De Vecchi, Renata, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez-Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi Prabha, Fernández-Agüera, Jesica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla Ghaffari, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa T, Huebner, Gesche M, Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M Donny, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, MC Jeffrey, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Marín-Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, Mino-Rodriguez, Isabel, Montazami, Azadeh, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Okafor, Marcellinus, Olweny, Mark, Ouyang, Wanlu, de Abreu, Ana Lígia Papst, Pérez-Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph F, Rivera, Ma Isabel, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, Suhendri, Suhendri, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Teli, Despoina, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu B, Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, and Zomorodian, ZahraSadat

Subjects
Thermal comfort, Thermal sensation, Thermal acceptance, Field study, Scales, Post-Occupancy-Evaluation: Climatic zone, Season, Language, Adaptation, Diversity, Engineering, Built Environment and Design, Building & Construction
Abstract

People's subjective response to any thermal environment is commonly investigated by using rating scales describing the degree of thermal sensation, comfort, and acceptability. Subsequent analyses of results collected in this way rely on the assumption that specific distances between verbal anchors placed on the scale exist and that relationships between verbal anchors from different dimensions that are assessed (e.g. thermal sensation and comfort) do not change. Another inherent assumption is that such scales are independent of the context in which they are used (climate zone, season, etc.). Despite their use worldwide, there is indication that contextual differences influence the way the scales are perceived and therefore question the reliability of the scales’ interpretation. To address this issue, a large international collaborative questionnaire study was conducted in 26 countries, using 21 different languages, which led to a dataset of 8225 questionnaires. Results, analysed by means of robust statistical techniques, revealed that only a subset of the responses are in accordance with the mentioned assumptions. Significant differences appeared between groups of participants in their perception of the scales, both in relation to distances of the anchors and relationships between scales. It was also found that respondents’ interpretations of scales changed with contextual factors, such as climate, season, and language. These findings highlight the need to carefully consider context-dependent factors in interpreting and reporting results from thermal comfort studies or post-occupancy evaluations, as well as to revisit the use of rating scales and the analysis methods used in thermal comfort studies to improve their reliability.

Published
2020

3. Publisher Correction: The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales.

Author

Schweiker, Marcel, Abdul-Zahra, Amar, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha, Azadeh, Montazami, Azar, Elie, Bahareh, Bannazadeh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon-Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti, Daniel, Lyrian, Vecchi, Renata, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez-Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi, Fernández-Agüera, Jesica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa, Huebner, Gesche, Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kania, Renate, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, M, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Marín-Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, McGill, Gráinne, Mino-Rodriguez, Isabel, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Okafor, Marcellinus, Olweny, Mark, Ouyang, Wanlu, Papst de Abreu, Ana, Pérez-Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph, Rivera, Ma, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Teli, Despoina, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu, Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, and Zomorodian, Zahra

Abstract

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

Published
2020

4. The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales.

Author

Schweiker, Marcel, Abdul-Zahra, Amar, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha, Azadeh, Montazami, Azar, Elie, Bahareh, Bannazadeh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon-Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti, Daniel, Lyrian, Vecchi, Renata, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez-Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi, Fernández-Agüera, Jesica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa, Huebner, Gesche, Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kania, Renate, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, M, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Marín-Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, McGill, Gráinne, Mino-Rodriguez, Isabel, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Okafor, Marcellinus, Olweny, Mark, Ouyang, Wanlu, Papst de Abreu, Ana, Pérez-Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph, Rivera, Ma, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Teli, Despoina, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu, Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, and Zomorodian, Zahra

Abstract

Thermal discomfort is one of the main triggers for occupants interactions with components of the built environment such as adjustments of thermostats and/or opening windows and strongly related to the energy use in buildings. Understanding causes for thermal (dis-)comfort is crucial for design and operation of any type of building. The assessment of human thermal perception through rating scales, for example in post-occupancy studies, has been applied for several decades; however, long-existing assumptions related to these rating scales had been questioned by several researchers. The aim of this study was to gain deeper knowledge on contextual influences on the interpretation of thermal perception scales and their verbal anchors by survey participants. A questionnaire was designed and consequently applied in 21 language versions. These surveys were conducted in 57 cities in 30 countries resulting in a dataset containing responses from 8225 participants. The database offers potential for further analysis in the areas of building design and operation, psycho-physical relationships between human perception and the built environment, and linguistic analyses.

Published
2019

12. Contextual differences in the interpretation of thermal perception scales – the data base from a large-scale international questionnaire study

Author

Schweiker, Marcel, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha, Azar, Elie, Bannazadeh, Bahareh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Choi, Joon-Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Damiati, Siti, Daniel, Lyrian, De Vecchi, Renata, Dhaka, Shivraj, Djamila, Harimi, Dominguez-Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi, Efeoma, Meshack, FERNANDEZ-AGUERA, JESICA, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Jabbari, shahla, Gaona, Gabriel, Gauthier, Stephanie, Hellwig, Runa, Huebner, Gesche, Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kania, Renate, Kim, Jungsoo, Kim, Minjung, Koerniawan, Mochamad, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laotan-Brown, Tokie, Laska, Marta, Lee, Jeffrey, Marín-Restrepo, Laura, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Martellotta, Francesco, McGill, Gráinne, Mino, Isabel, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Mulville, Mark, C, Balaji, Nakajima, Mia, Olweny, Mark, OUYANG, Wanlu, Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Rivera, Isabel, Sadun, Amar, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shukuya, Masanori, Suhendri, Tartarini, Federico, Teli, Despoina, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trojan, Jörg, Okafor, Marcellinus, Voelker, Conrad, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, and Zomorodian, Mahsa

Subjects
thermal acceptance, language, thermal sensation, free-positioning task, thermal comfort, questionnaire, scales, thermal perception, climate
Abstract

Within the IEA EBC Annex 69 on Strategy and Practice of Adaptive Thermal Comfort in Low Energy Buildings (http://annex69.org/), we are conducting an international questionnaire study related to thermal comfort scales. Our objective is the analysis of influences on the perception of thermal comfort scales. In particular, we are looking at the effect of the current thermal state, peoples climatic background, and level of adaptation on the relationship between thermal sensation, thermal comfort, and thermal acceptance.

Published
2022
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13. Contextual differences in the interpretation of thermal perception scales – a large-scale international questionnaire study

Author

Schweiker, Marcel, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Arsano, Alpha, Bannazadeh, Bahareh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Choi, Joon-Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Damiati, Siti, Daniel, Lyrian, Dhaka, Shivraj, Djamila, Harimi, Dominguez-Amarillo, Samuel, Efeoma, Meshack, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gauthier, Stephanie, Huebner, Gesche, Jin, Quan, Kim, Jungsoo, Kim, Minjung, Kolarik, Jakub, Kwak, Jiyoung, Kwok, Alison, Laotan-Brown, Tokie, Lee, Jeffrey, McGill, Gráinne, Marín-Restrepo, Laura, Di Mou, Mulville, Mark, C, Balaji, OUYANG, Wanlu, Rashid, Saif, Rivera, Isabel, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib‐Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Teli, Despoina, Voelker, Conrad, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Zomorodian, Mahsa, Kania, Renate, Thapa, Samar, Okafor, Marcellinus, Edappilly, Lakshmi, Hellwig, Runa, and Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu

Abstract

Within the IEA EBC Annex 69 on Strategy and Practice of Adaptive Thermal Comfort in Low Energy Buildings (http://annex69.org/), we are conducting an international questionnaire study related to thermal comfort scales. Our objective is the analysis of influences on the perception of thermal comfort scales. In particular, we are looking at the effect of the current thermal state, peoples climatic background, and level of adaptation on the relationship between thermal sensation, thermal comfort, and thermal acceptance.

Published
2022
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15. Publisher Correction:The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales

Author

Schweiker, Marcel, Abdul-Zahra, Amar, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea Risky, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha Yacob, Azadeh, Montazami, Azar, Elie, Bahareh, Bannazadeh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti Aisyah, Daniel, Lyrian, De Vecchi, Renata, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi Prabha, Fernández-Agüera Escudero, Jessica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla Ghaffari, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa T., Huebner, Gesche M., Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kania, Renate, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M. Donny, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, M. C.Jeffrey, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Marín Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, McGill, Gráinne, Mino Rodríguez, Isabel, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Okafor, Marcellinus, Olweny, Mark, Ouyang, Wanlu, Papst de Abreu, Ana Lígia, Pérez Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph F., Rivera, María Isabel, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, Suhendri, Suhendri, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Teli, Despoina, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu B., Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, Zomorodian, Zahra Sadat, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas I (ETSA), and Universidad de Sevilla. TEP130: Arquitectura, Patrimonio y Sostenibilidad: Acústica, Iluminación, Óptica y Energía

Published
2020

16. Erratum: Publisher Correction: The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales (Scientific data (2019) 6 1 (289))

Author

Schweiker, Marcel, Abdul-Zahra, Amar, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea Risky, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha Yacob, Azadeh, Montazami, Azar, Elie, Bahareh, Bannazadeh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti Aisyah, Daniel, Lyrian, Vecchi, Renata De, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez-Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi Prabha, Fernández-Agüera, Jesica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla Ghaffari, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa T., Huebner, Gesche M., Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kania, Renate, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M. Donny, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, M. C.Jeffrey, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Marín-Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, McGill, Gráinne, Mino-Rodriguez, Isabel, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Okafor, Marcellinus, Olweny, Mark, Ouyang, Wanlu, Papst de Abreu, Ana Ligia, Pérez-Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph F., Rivera, Ma Isabel, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, Suhendri, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Teli, Despoina, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu B., Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, Zomorodian, Zahra Sadat, Physiology, and Amsterdam Movement Sciences

Subjects
SDG 16 - Peace, SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Justice and Strong Institutions
Abstract

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

Published
2020
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17. Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments – Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe?

Author

Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas I (ETSA), Universidad de Sevilla. TEP130: Arquitectura, Patrimonio y Sostenibilidad: Acústica, Iluminación, Óptica y Energía, Schweiker, Marcel, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea Risky, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha Yacob, Azar, Elie, Bannazadeh, Bahareh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti Aisyah, Daniel, Lyrian, De Vecchi, Renata, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi Prabha, Fernández-Agüera Escudero, Jessica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla Ghaffari, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa T., Huebner, Gesche M., Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M. Donny, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, M. C. Jeffrey, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Marín Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, Mino Rodríguez, Isabel, Montazami, Azadeh, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Okafor, Marcellinus, Olweny, Mark, Ouyang, Wanlu, Papst de Abreu, Ana Lígia, Pérez Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph F., Rivera, María Isabel, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, Suhendri, Suhendri, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu B., Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, Zomorodian, Zahra Sadat, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas I (ETSA), Universidad de Sevilla. TEP130: Arquitectura, Patrimonio y Sostenibilidad: Acústica, Iluminación, Óptica y Energía, Schweiker, Marcel, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea Risky, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha Yacob, Azar, Elie, Bannazadeh, Bahareh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti Aisyah, Daniel, Lyrian, De Vecchi, Renata, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi Prabha, Fernández-Agüera Escudero, Jessica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla Ghaffari, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa T., Huebner, Gesche M., Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M. Donny, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, M. C. Jeffrey, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Marín Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, Mino Rodríguez, Isabel, Montazami, Azadeh, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Okafor, Marcellinus, Olweny, Mark, Ouyang, Wanlu, Papst de Abreu, Ana Lígia, Pérez Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph F., Rivera, María Isabel, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, Suhendri, Suhendri, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu B., Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, and Zomorodian, Zahra Sadat

Abstract

People's subjective response to any thermal environment is commonly investigated by using rating scales describing the degree of thermal sensation, comfort, and acceptability. Subsequent analyses of results collected in this way rely on the assumption that specific distances between verbal anchors placed on the scale exist and that relationships between verbal anchors from different dimensions that are assessed (e.g. thermal sensation and comfort) do not change. Another inherent assumption is that such scales are independent of the context in which they are used (climate zone, season, etc.). Despite their use worldwide, there is indication that contextual differences influence the way the scales are perceived and therefore question the reliability of the scales’ interpretation. To address this issue, a large international collaborative questionnaire study was conducted in 26 countries, using 21 different languages, which led to a dataset of 8225 questionnaires. Results, analysed by means of robust statistical techniques, revealed that only a subset of the responses are in accordance with the mentioned assumptions. Significant differences appeared between groups of participants in their perception of the scales, both in relation to distances of the anchors and relationships between scales. It was also found that respondents’ interpretations of scales changed with contextual factors, such as climate, season, and language. These findings highlight the need to carefully consider context-dependent factors in interpreting and reporting results from thermal comfort studies or post-occupancy evaluations, as well as to revisit the use of rating scales and the analysis methods used in thermal comfort studies to improve their reliability.

Published
2020

18. Publisher Correction:The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales

Author

Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas I (ETSA), Universidad de Sevilla. TEP130: Arquitectura, Patrimonio y Sostenibilidad: Acústica, Iluminación, Óptica y Energía, Schweiker, Marcel, Abdul-Zahra, Amar, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea Risky, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha Yacob, Azadeh, Montazami, Azar, Elie, Bahareh, Bannazadeh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti Aisyah, Daniel, Lyrian, De Vecchi, Renata, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi Prabha, Fernández-Agüera Escudero, Jessica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla Ghaffari, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa T., Huebner, Gesche M., Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kania, Renate, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M. Donny, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, M. C.Jeffrey, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Marín Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, McGill, Gráinne, Mino Rodríguez, Isabel, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Okafor, Marcellinus, Olweny, Mark, Ouyang, Wanlu, Papst de Abreu, Ana Lígia, Pérez Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph F., Rivera, María Isabel, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, Suhendri, Suhendri, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Teli, Despoina, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu B., Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, Zomorodian, Zahra Sadat, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas I (ETSA), Universidad de Sevilla. TEP130: Arquitectura, Patrimonio y Sostenibilidad: Acústica, Iluminación, Óptica y Energía, Schweiker, Marcel, Abdul-Zahra, Amar, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea Risky, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha Yacob, Azadeh, Montazami, Azar, Elie, Bahareh, Bannazadeh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti Aisyah, Daniel, Lyrian, De Vecchi, Renata, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi Prabha, Fernández-Agüera Escudero, Jessica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla Ghaffari, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa T., Huebner, Gesche M., Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kania, Renate, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M. Donny, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, M. C.Jeffrey, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Marín Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, McGill, Gráinne, Mino Rodríguez, Isabel, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Okafor, Marcellinus, Olweny, Mark, Ouyang, Wanlu, Papst de Abreu, Ana Lígia, Pérez Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph F., Rivera, María Isabel, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, Suhendri, Suhendri, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Teli, Despoina, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu B., Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, and Zomorodian, Zahra Sadat

Published
2020

19. Operational Emissions in Prosuming Dwellings: A Study Comparing Different Sources of Grid CO 2 Intensity Values in South Wales, UK †.

Author

Fernández Goycoolea, Juan Pablo, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, and Whitman, Christopher

Subjects
*CARBON dioxide, *GEOGRAPHIC boundaries, *DWELLINGS, *ENERGY demand management, *PUBLIC officers
Abstract

This paper analysed operational CO2 emissions from electricity grid interaction in photovoltaic prosumer dwellings in South Wales, UK. Operational CO2 emissions were quantified in four prosumer dwellings aiming to analyse (1) the differences in the result when time-varying data and static emission factors are used, and (2) the association of load-matching indicators to the results. Electricity balance data were obtained through monitoring (April 2020 to March 2021), and three sources for the grid's CO2 intensity were considered: (1) UK nationwide average time-varying values (UK), (2) South Wales (SW) average time-varying values and (3) the UK Government's official CO2 emissions factor (EF) for the study period. UK and SW grid CO2 intensity were obtained as dynamic data flows in a 30 min resolution, whereas EF was a year constant. Gross CO2 emissions calculated using SW data reached the highest emissions results: between 67.5% and 69.3% higher than the results obtained using the UK time-varying data, and between 41.1% and 45.1% higher than using the EF. The differences between the obtained yearly net emissions using dynamic data and the EF in each studied dwelling ranged between 6.2% and 294%. Results also show that the definition of geographic boundaries for location-based approach calculations can significantly affect the obtained emissions values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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21. Evaluating assumptions of scales for subjective assessment of thermal environments – Do laypersons perceive them the way, we researchers believe?

Author

Schweiker, Marcel, primary, André, Maíra, additional, Al-Atrash, Farah, additional, Al-Khatri, Hanan, additional, Alprianti, Rea Risky, additional, Alsaad, Hayder, additional, Amin, Rucha, additional, Ampatzi, Eleni, additional, Arsano, Alpha Yacob, additional, Azar, Elie, additional, Bannazadeh, Bahareh, additional, Batagarawa, Amina, additional, Becker, Susanne, additional, Buonocore, Carolina, additional, Cao, Bin, additional, Choi, Joon-Ho, additional, Chun, Chungyoon, additional, Daanen, Hein, additional, Damiati, Siti Aisyah, additional, Daniel, Lyrian, additional, De Vecchi, Renata, additional, Dhaka, Shivraj, additional, Domínguez-Amarillo, Samuel, additional, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, additional, Edappilly, Lakshmi Prabha, additional, Fernández-Agüera, Jesica, additional, Folkerts, Mireille, additional, Frijns, Arjan, additional, Gaona, Gabriel, additional, Garg, Vishal, additional, Gauthier, Stephanie, additional, Jabbari, Shahla Ghaffari, additional, Harimi, Djamila, additional, Hellwig, Runa T., additional, Huebner, Gesche M, additional, Jin, Quan, additional, Jowkar, Mina, additional, Kim, Jungsoo, additional, King, Nelson, additional, Kingma, Boris, additional, Koerniawan, M. Donny, additional, Kolarik, Jakub, additional, Kumar, Shailendra, additional, Kwok, Alison, additional, Lamberts, Roberto, additional, Laska, Marta, additional, Lee, M.C. Jeffrey, additional, Lee, Yoonhee, additional, Lindermayr, Vanessa, additional, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, additional, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, additional, Marín-Restrepo, Laura, additional, Marquardsen, Anna, additional, Martellotta, Francesco, additional, Mathur, Jyotirmay, additional, Mino-Rodriguez, Isabel, additional, Montazami, Azadeh, additional, Mou, Di, additional, Moujalled, Bassam, additional, Nakajima, Mia, additional, Ng, Edward, additional, Okafor, Marcellinus, additional, Olweny, Mark, additional, Ouyang, Wanlu, additional, Papst de Abreu, Ana Lígia, additional, Pérez-Fargallo, Alexis, additional, Rajapaksha, Indrika, additional, Ramos, Greici, additional, Rashid, Saif, additional, Reinhart, Christoph F., additional, Rivera, Ma. Isabel, additional, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, additional, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, additional, Schiavon, Stefano, additional, Shooshtarian, Salman, additional, Shukuya, Masanori, additional, Soebarto, Veronica, additional, Suhendri, Suhendri, additional, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, additional, Tartarini, Federico, additional, Teli, Despoina, additional, Tewari, Priyam, additional, Thapa, Samar, additional, Trebilcock, Maureen, additional, Trojan, Jörg, additional, Tukur, Ruqayyatu B., additional, Voelker, Conrad, additional, Yam, Yeung, additional, Yang, Liu, additional, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, additional, Zhai, Yongchao, additional, Zhu, Yingxin, additional, and Zomorodian, ZahraSadat, additional

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2020
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22. The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales : [Data descriptor]

Author

Schweiker, Marcel, Abdul-Zahra, Amar, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea Risky, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha Yacob, Azadeh, Montazami, Azar, Elie, Bahareh, Bannazadeh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon-Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti Aisyah, Daniel, Lyrian, Vecchi, Renata De, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez-Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi Prabha, Fernández-Agüera, Jesica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla Ghaffari, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa T., Huebner, Gesche M., Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kania, Renate, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M. Donny, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, M. C. Jeffrey, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Marín-Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, McGill, Gráinne, Mino-Rodriguez, Isabel, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Okafor, Marcellinus, Olweny, Mark, Ouyang, Wanlu, Papst de Abreu, Ana Ligia, Pérez-Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph F., Rivera, Ma. Isabel, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, [Unknown], Suhendri, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Teli, Despoina, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu B., Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, and Zomorodian, Zahra Sadat

Subjects
TH
Abstract

Thermal discomfort is one of the main triggers for occupants’ interactions with components of the built environment such as adjustments of thermostats and/or opening windows and strongly related to the energy use in buildings. Understanding causes for thermal (dis-)comfort is crucial for design and operation of any type of building. The assessment of human thermal perception through rating scales, for example in post-occupancy studies, has been applied for several decades; however, long-existing assumptions related to these rating scales had been questioned by several researchers. The aim of this study was to gain deeper knowledge on contextual influences on the interpretation of thermal perception scales and their verbal anchors by survey participants. A questionnaire was designed and consequently applied in 21 language versions. These surveys were conducted in 57 cities in 30 countries resulting in a dataset containing responses from 8225 participants. The database offers potential for further analysis in the areas of building design and operation, psycho-physical relationships between human perception and the built environment, and linguistic analyses.

Published
2019

23. The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales

Author

Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas I (ETSA), Universidad de Sevilla. TEP130: Arquitectura, Patrimonio y Sostenibilidad: Acústica, Iluminación, Óptica y Energía, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Research Foundation of Korea, Marcel Schweiker, Amar Abdul-Zahra, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea Risky, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha Yacob, Montazami, Azadeh, Azar, Elie, Bahareh, Bannazadeh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti Aisyah, Daniel, Lyrian, De Vecchi, Renata, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi Prabha, Fernández-Agüera, Jessica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla Ghaffari, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa T., Huebner, Gesche M., Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kania, Renate, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M. Donny, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, M. C. Jeffrey, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Olweny, Mark, Marín Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, McGill, Gráinne, Mino Rodríguez, Isabel, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Ouyang, Wanlu, Papst de Abreu, Ana Lígia, Pérez Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph F., Rivera, María Isabel, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, Suhendri, Suhendri, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Teli, Despoina, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu B., Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, Zomorodian, Zahra Sadat, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas I (ETSA), Universidad de Sevilla. TEP130: Arquitectura, Patrimonio y Sostenibilidad: Acústica, Iluminación, Óptica y Energía, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Research Foundation of Korea, Marcel Schweiker, Amar Abdul-Zahra, André, Maíra, Al-Atrash, Farah, Al-Khatri, Hanan, Alprianti, Rea Risky, Alsaad, Hayder, Amin, Rucha, Ampatzi, Eleni, Arsano, Alpha Yacob, Montazami, Azadeh, Azar, Elie, Bahareh, Bannazadeh, Batagarawa, Amina, Becker, Susanne, Buonocore, Carolina, Cao, Bin, Choi, Joon Ho, Chun, Chungyoon, Daanen, Hein, Damiati, Siti Aisyah, Daniel, Lyrian, De Vecchi, Renata, Dhaka, Shivraj, Domínguez Amarillo, Samuel, Dudkiewicz, Edyta, Edappilly, Lakshmi Prabha, Fernández-Agüera, Jessica, Folkerts, Mireille, Frijns, Arjan, Gaona, Gabriel, Garg, Vishal, Gauthier, Stephanie, Jabbari, Shahla Ghaffari, Harimi, Djamila, Hellwig, Runa T., Huebner, Gesche M., Jin, Quan, Jowkar, Mina, Kania, Renate, Kim, Jungsoo, King, Nelson, Kingma, Boris, Koerniawan, M. Donny, Kolarik, Jakub, Kumar, Shailendra, Kwok, Alison, Lamberts, Roberto, Laska, Marta, Lee, M. C. Jeffrey, Lee, Yoonhee, Lindermayr, Vanessa, Mahaki, Mohammadbagher, Marcel-Okafor, Udochukwu, Olweny, Mark, Marín Restrepo, Laura, Marquardsen, Anna, Martellotta, Francesco, Mathur, Jyotirmay, McGill, Gráinne, Mino Rodríguez, Isabel, Mou, Di, Moujalled, Bassam, Nakajima, Mia, Ng, Edward, Ouyang, Wanlu, Papst de Abreu, Ana Lígia, Pérez Fargallo, Alexis, Rajapaksha, Indrika, Ramos, Greici, Rashid, Saif, Reinhart, Christoph F., Rivera, María Isabel, Salmanzadeh, Mazyar, Schakib-Ekbatan, Karin, Schiavon, Stefano, Shooshtarian, Salman, Shukuya, Masanori, Soebarto, Veronica, Suhendri, Suhendri, Tahsildoost, Mohammad, Tartarini, Federico, Teli, Despoina, Tewari, Priyam, Thapa, Samar, Trebilcock, Maureen, Trojan, Jörg, Tukur, Ruqayyatu B., Voelker, Conrad, Yam, Yeung, Yang, Liu, Zapata Lancaster, Gabriela, Zhai, Yongchao, Zhu, Yingxin, and Zomorodian, Zahra Sadat

Abstract

Thermal discomfort is one of the main triggers for occupants’ interactions with components of the built environment such as adjustments of thermostats and/or opening windows and strongly related to the energy use in buildings. Understanding causes for thermal (dis-)comfort is crucial for design and operation of any type of building. The assessment of human thermal perception through rating scales, for example in post-occupancy studies, has been applied for several decades; however, long-existing assumptions related to these rating scales had been questioned by several researchers. The aim of this study was to gain deeper knowledge on contextual influences on the interpretation of thermal perception scales and their verbal anchors by survey participants. A questionnaire was designed and consequently applied in 21 language versions. These surveys were conducted in 57 cities in 30 countries resulting in a dataset containing responses from 8225 participants. The database offers potential for further analysis in the areas of building design and operation, psycho-physical relationships between human perception and the built environment, and linguistic analyses.

Published
2019

24. Building Information Modelling (BIM) application in relation to embodied energy and carbon (EEC) considerations during design: A practitioner perspective

Author

Banteli, Amalia, Stevenson, Vicki, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Elsharkawy, Heba, Zahiri, Sahar, and Clough, Jack

Subjects
TH
Abstract

Buildings’ carbon emission reduction efforts in buildings have mainly been focused on operational energy reduction and, as operational energy is reduced, embodied energy and carbon (EEC) becomes more significant. However, there is currently a lack of legislation and guidance relating to embodied carbon in buildings. This, together with the United Kingdom (UK) construction industry fragmentation, creates a significant barrier to dealing with EEC during building design. In this context, Building Information Modelling (BIM) empowers communications and stores information into one single digital model and has therefore potential to facilitate EEC considerations to be included in building design. This research takes a qualitative approach and looks at the design process in relation to EEC considerations and BIM application and how the latter can facilitate the inclusion of EEC in design considerations. Through semistructured interviews with the construction industry professionals, this research investigates BIM application in relation to EEC information during design. EEC’s current role in building design and the drivers and challenges EEC considerations are being mapped. EEC information processes and how BIM facilitates EEC information exchange and storage as well as the actors involved are revealed. The overall aim of this rese

Published
2018

26. Understanding the impact of the residential built environment design on inhabitants' wellbeing

Author

Janahi, Hameda, Raman, Shibu, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Janahi, Hameda, Raman, Shibu, and Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela

Abstract

An increasing body of evidence suggests that some of the contemporary forms of the physical environment have a negative influence on the wellbeing of its inhabitants. This paper presents a literature review on the impact of the built environment on the inhabitants' wellbeing in the residential context. The paper reviews recent literature from various interconnected fields such as psychology, physiology, and sociology in the built environment context. Previous research has shown that the characteristics of the built environment can influence all aspects of human life. The effect of the built environment on the physical and psychological wellbeing is extensively investigated. However, there is limited research on the relationship between the residential built environment and social wellbeing, as measured by social integration and cohesion which suggests the need for more exploration, particularly in the context of the Middle-East. The lack of understanding results in a disconnection between the local communities' socio-cultural needs and actual design and supply of housing. The relationship between housing and wellbeing is complex and multidimensional. Moreover, behavioural, biological, cultural, social, physical and political factors are variables that affect this relationship. While studying physical environments and users, various theories and concepts can be found such as wellbeing, quality of life, happiness, life satisfaction and sustainability. This paper, through an in depth literature review, aims to distinguish the relationships and the overlap between the concepts. A review of previous methods and indicators used to measure and evaluate wellbeing and the quality of residential built environment, organised to aid architects and planners to predict the impact of their designs on the wellbeing of users. The broader aim of this research is to identify indicators that could be used in evaluating housing typologies and neighbourhoods in Qatar. Additiona

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2018

29. Interdisciplinary perspectives on building thermal performance.

Author

Tweed, Chris and Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela

Subjects
BUILDING performance, THERMAL properties of buildings, THERMAL analysis, ENERGY consumption of buildings, THERMAL comfort
Abstract

The performance of buildings remains topical, but in many current conversations the definitions of ‘good performance’ are taken for granted. Building performance evaluation tends to be dominated by studies of how buildings behave with reference to technical standards. However, past studies show that the perceptions of good performance are based on broader understandings of what buildings offer, often augmented by interpretations emerging from historical social practices and cultural context. This paper considers different approaches to describing thermal experience as one way to explore what is meant by ‘performance’, arguing that just as the social sciences have enriched earlier approaches to describing relations between people and the thermal environment, there are benefits to embracing humanities-based approaches to describe thermal experience. Architectural theory is replete with examples of a deliberate focus on environmental aspects, but its methods and concepts rarely cross the line from ideation to evaluation. This paper disrupts current notions of building performance evaluation by positing alternative perspectives of how people experience buildings. It discusses how current methods might co-exist with phenomenological insights in ‘thick descriptions’ of how buildings ‘perform’ and considers possible contributions from modes of enquiry in the humanities to describe thermal experience, illustrated by the authors’ research in housing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2018
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30. Indoor air quality in primary schools: First report

Author

Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Smith, Thomas Aneurin, and Ionias, Miltiadis

Abstract

This EPSRC IAA Indoor Air Quality in Primary Schools Project is an interdisciplinary impact\ud project led by Dr Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster from the Welsh School of Architecture as\ud Principal Investigator, Dr Thomas Smith from the School of Geography and Planning as CoInvestigator and Mr Miltiadis Ionas as research assistant.\ud This pilot project aims to support Councils and primary schools in maintaining good indoor\ud environmental conditions in classrooms and indoor spaces. A secondary aim is to produce\ud learning resources for children and teachers and guidance for schools and councils to\ud maintain good indoor environmental conditions classrooms and indoor spaces. The project\ud has proposed and deployed a visual monitoring toolkit to measure indoor air quality in\ud school buildings and provide feedback to occupants. Moreover, it will propose supporting\ud guidance to promote good indoor environmental conditions through behaviours and\ud operational practices in buildings.\ud This research team has partnered with Merthyr Tydfil Council and is working closely with\ud teachers and children in two primary schools towards providing a means for councils and\ud schools to manage the indoor air quality in school buildings. As a secondary aim, it is\ud developing learning resources and engaging in hands-on workshops with pupils to reflect\ud about indoor environmental conditions in schools, focusing on the nexus between\ud behaviours and the resulting indoor environmental conditions.

34. Indoor air quality in primary schools: First report

Author

Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Smith, Thomas Aneurin, Ionias, Miltiadis, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Smith, Thomas Aneurin, and Ionias, Miltiadis

Abstract

This EPSRC IAA Indoor Air Quality in Primary Schools Project is an interdisciplinary impact project led by Dr Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster from the Welsh School of Architecture as Principal Investigator, Dr Thomas Smith from the School of Geography and Planning as CoInvestigator and Mr Miltiadis Ionas as research assistant. This pilot project aims to support Councils and primary schools in maintaining good indoor environmental conditions in classrooms and indoor spaces. A secondary aim is to produce learning resources for children and teachers and guidance for schools and councils to maintain good indoor environmental conditions classrooms and indoor spaces. The project has proposed and deployed a visual monitoring toolkit to measure indoor air quality in school buildings and provide feedback to occupants. Moreover, it will propose supporting guidance to promote good indoor environmental conditions through behaviours and operational practices in buildings. This research team has partnered with Merthyr Tydfil Council and is working closely with teachers and children in two primary schools towards providing a means for councils and schools to manage the indoor air quality in school buildings. As a secondary aim, it is developing learning resources and engaging in hands-on workshops with pupils to reflect about indoor environmental conditions in schools, focusing on the nexus between behaviours and the resulting indoor environmental conditions.

36. A framework for the study of householders’ engagement with low-carbon energy demand practices in dwellings with grid-connected photovoltaic energy systems

Author

Fernandez Goycoolea, Juan P., Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Whitman, Christopher, Fernandez Goycoolea, Juan P., Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, and Whitman, Christopher

Abstract

This paper introduces a framework to assess householders' interaction with grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems in domestic buildings, in an attempt to research the question To what extent the engagement of occupants in energy demand management practices is relevant for the operational CO2 emissions reductions in dwellings with on-grid PV systems? The focus is placed on identifying the engagement with low-carbon operation practices and its relevance for final CO2 emissions from electricity consumption. Specifically, PV electricity self-consumption and energy conservation practices are studied. To this extent, the research builds on i) the energy services approach and ii) the social practices approach to domestic energy demand. The context of owner-occupied houses which have been retrofitted with PV installations in South Wales, UK is taken as an example. Methods: After a brief conceptual review on domestic energy demand, a mixed-methods framework for the study of householders' engagement with low-carbon energy demand practices is presented, comprising three key aspects: a) the conditions for the practices to occur, b) frequency with which householders enact the practices, and c) the estimation of final operational CO2 emissions performance. Results: As part of ongoing research work, a framework to study households' engagement with low-carbon energy demand practices in buildings with grid-connected PV technology is proposed; focusing on the obtention of a socio-technical lecture to complement other sources of in-use assessment data. Conclusions: Besides single case-studies, the framework has potential applications in recognising and grouping households' engagement profiles. In this way, it is suggested that the framework might facilitate the analysis when extensive assessments are needed; such as in public policy evaluation or demand response studies. Grant Support: This work is funded by CONICYT PFCHA/DOCTORADO BECAS CHILE/2018 - 72180375

37. Architects’ tactics to embed as-designed performance in the design process of low energy nondomestic buildings

Author

Littlewood, J., Howlett, R.J., Capozzoli, A., Jain, L., Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Littlewood, J., Howlett, R.J., Capozzoli, A., Jain, L., and Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela

Abstract

There is an urgent need to reduce the carbon emissions of the built environment and to foster practices that enable improved quality and efficiency in the building sector. However, research suggests that there are several barriers deterring the achievement of carbon reductions. Research shows that there are significant gaps between as-designed and in-use building performance. This work investigated the design process enacted to facilitate as-designed performance intentions. The study used ethnographic methods to explore the architect’s actions and tactics observed during the real design process in 4 architecture practices. The analysis resulted in an alternative description of the building development timeline that illustrates the activities that designers undertook to facilitate as-designed performance. This work contributes to the understanding of what architects do to incorporate low energy considerations and how architects deliver as-designed energy performance in the design process.

38. Building Information Modelling (BIM) application in relation to embodied energy and carbon (EEC) considerations during design: A practitioner perspective

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Elsharkawy, Heba, Zahiri, Sahar, Clough, Jack, Banteli, Amalia, Stevenson, Vicki, Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela, Elsharkawy, Heba, Zahiri, Sahar, Clough, Jack, Banteli, Amalia, Stevenson, Vicki, and Zapata-Lancaster, Gabriela

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Buildings’ carbon emission reduction efforts in buildings have mainly been focused on operational energy reduction and, as operational energy is reduced, embodied energy and carbon (EEC) becomes more significant. However, there is currently a lack of legislation and guidance relating to embodied carbon in buildings. This, together with the United Kingdom (UK) construction industry fragmentation, creates a significant barrier to dealing with EEC during building design. In this context, Building Information Modelling (BIM) empowers communications and stores information into one single digital model and has therefore potential to facilitate EEC considerations to be included in building design. This research takes a qualitative approach and looks at the design process in relation to EEC considerations and BIM application and how the latter can facilitate the inclusion of EEC in design considerations. Through semistructured interviews with the construction industry professionals, this research investigates BIM application in relation to EEC information during design. EEC’s current role in building design and the drivers and challenges EEC considerations are being mapped. EEC information processes and how BIM facilitates EEC information exchange and storage as well as the actors involved are revealed. The overall aim of this rese

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