Multi-domain occupant comfort experimentation framework in different climate zones

不同气候区多领域乘员舒适度实验框架

• 批准号: 576615-2022
• 负责人: Ouf, MohamedMMMA
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Concordia University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=746367
• 关键词: Multi; domain; occupant; comfort; experimentation

The proposed project establishes a collaboration between researchers at Concordia University and the American University in Cairo to conduct simultaneous multi-domain occupant comfort experiments in different climate zones. These experiments will investigate the interrelationship between various indoor environmental parameters on perceived occupant comfort through a series of replicable experiments that entail 1) testing the influence of colored light on occupants' thermal responses, and 2) testing the feasibility of using skin temperature and heart rate variability as predictors for human thermal sensation and consequently comfort. Experiments will involve recruited test subjects in each location which provides a unique opportunity to investigate the influence of contextual settings and population characteristics, particularly using data from warmer climates in the global south which is relatively less investigated. Thermal response will be assessed using both thermal perception questionnaires and physiological measurements such as skin temperature, and heart rate variability. Therefore, outcomes of this research will provide new insights on the complex topic of multi-domain occupant comfort which is still being investigated within the scientific community. It will also contribute to the applicant's research within the International Energy Agency (IEA), Energy in Buildings and Communities (EBC), Annex 79 on occupant-centric building design and operations, thus it will develop Canadian strength and leadership on this topic. Understanding the factors that create a comfortable and healthy indoor environment will also provide tremendous benefits to Canada, especially as Canadians spend more than 90% of their time indoors, thus improving comfort can significantly increase their wellbeing and productivity.

拟议的项目建立了康科迪亚大学和开罗美国大学的研究人员之间的合作，在不同的气候区域同时进行多域乘员舒适度实验。这些实验将通过一系列可重复的实验来研究各种室内环境参数对乘员感觉舒适性的相互关系，这些实验包括：1)测试彩色光对乘员热反应的影响；2)测试使用皮肤温度和心率变异性作为人体热感进而舒适性预测指标的可行性。实验将在每个地点招募受试者，这提供了一个独特的机会来调查背景环境和人口特征的影响，特别是使用来自全球南部较温暖气候的数据，那里的研究相对较少。将使用热觉问卷和生理测量(如皮肤温度和心率变异性)来评估热反应。因此，这项研究的结果将为科学界仍在调查的多领域乘员舒适度这一复杂话题提供新的见解。它还将有助于申请者在国际能源署(IEA)、建筑和社区能源(EBC)附件79中关于以居住者为中心的建筑设计和运营的研究，从而发展加拿大在这一主题上的优势和领导地位。了解创造舒适健康的室内环境的因素也将给加拿大带来巨大的好处，特别是加拿大人90%以上的时间都在室内，因此提高舒适度可以显著提高他们的幸福感和生产力。