Exploring the Impact of Green Walls on Occupant Thermal State in Immersive Virtual Environment
Exploring the Impact of Green Walls on Occupant Thermal State in Immersive Virtual Environment
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DOI：
10.3390/su14031840
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发表时间：
2022-02
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3.9
通讯作者：
Alireza Sedghikhanshir;Yimin Zhu;Yan Chen;B. Harmon
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作者：
Alireza Sedghikhanshir;Yimin Zhu;Yan Chen;B. Harmon
绿色的墙壁已在建筑环境中用作带来各种好处的自然元素，从而改善了人类的健康和福祉。人类。比较两个虚拟会话的热状态：生物素（具有绿墙的房间）和非生物嗜生物（没有绿墙的同一房间）。相对湿度为50％的热态，皮肤温度和心率数据。这两个课程及其平均皮肤温度在统计学上随着时间的推移而升高。刺激在沉浸式虚拟环境中分别使用。
Green walls have been used in built environments as a natural element to bring various benefits, thus improving human health and well-being. However, in conventional virtual environments, the visual connection with a green wall is the only way that this natural element could benefit humans. Unfortunately, the impact of such visual connection on human thermal perception is still not well understood. Thus, we conducted an experimental study with 40 participants comparing the thermal state of two virtual sessions: biophilic (a room with a green wall) and non-biophilic (the same room without a green wall). Both sessions were conducted in a climate chamber under a slightly warm condition (28.89 °C and 50% relative humidity). Participants’ thermal state, skin temperature, and heart rate data were collected. According to the results, participants’ thermal comfort and hand skin temperature were significantly different between the two sessions, and their mean skin temperature was statistically increased over time. The study suggests that before the extent to which the impact of visual stimuli (e.g., green walls) on thermal perception is fully understood, researchers may need to control visual and thermal stimuli separately when using them in immersive virtual environments. Furthermore, the virtual exposure time should be an important consideration when designing experimental procedures.