Understanding the indoor environment, its occupants, interactions, and effects

Conference Paper (2023)
Author(s)

P.M. Bluyssen (TU Delft - Environmental & Climate Design)

Research Group
Environmental & Climate Design
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© 2023 P.M. Bluyssen
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Publication Year
2023
Language
English
Copyright
© 2023 P.M. Bluyssen
Research Group
Environmental & Climate Design
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Abstract

Indoor environmental quality is still described with quantitative dose-related indicators, expressed in number and/or ranges of numbers for each of the factors (indoor air, lighting, acoustics, and thermal aspects). Interactions of stressors and effects at and between human and environment level are ignored. Individual differences in needs and preferences of occupants (over time) are not accounted for. We need a more complex research model and other indicators than the dose-related indicators used in our guidelines: building-related and occupant-related indicators.