Journal article
The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology1
Broad Institute of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology2
Coventry University3
Hamad bin Khalifa University4
University of Tehran5
Ahmadu Bello University6
Heidelberg University of Education7
Tsinghua University8
University of Southern California at Los Angeles9
Yonsei University10
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam11
Tsukuba University of Technology12
University of Adelaide13
University of Seville14
Wroclaw University of Economics and Business15
Indian Institute of Technology Madras16
Eindhoven University of Technology17
Universidad de Cuenca18
International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad19
Tabriz Islamic Art University20
Universiti Malaysia Sabah21
Aalborg University22
Federal University of Santa Catarina23
University College Hospital London24
Chalmers University of Technology25
University of Sydney26
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research27
Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark28
Energy and Services, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark29
Malaviya National Institute of Technology30
University of Oregon31
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina32
National Taichung University of Science and Technology33
German Jordanian University34
Augsburg University of Applied Sciences35
Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman36
Magna Græcia University37
University of Koblenz38
Polytechnic University of Bari39
Glasgow School of Art40
University of California at Berkeley41
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen42
Imo State University, Owerri43
Uganda Martyrs University44
Sultan Qaboos University45
University of Moratuwa46
TU Kaiserslautern47
Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities48
RMIT University49
Tokyo City University50
Shahid Beheshti University51
University of Wollongong52
Akademie für angewandte Bewegungswissenschaften gGmbH53
Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology54
Bandung Institute of Technology55
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar56
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust57
Cardiff University58
...and 48 moreContribution: The methods described below were developed within IEA EBC Annex 69 through several discussion rounds between an international and interdisciplinary group of researchers from the field of thermal comfort – the initial core group. Runa T. Hellwig (R.T.H.) is part of the initial group and contributed to 7 datasets DEHSA, was involved in preparing the English version, translating and piloting the German version and development of methods.
Data were collected during my previous work at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany My work at Aalborg University was supported by the Obelske Familiefond, Denmark. 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.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2019 |
| ISSN: | 20524463 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.6084/m9.figshare.9805289 |
| ORCIDs: | Kolarik, Jakub |
