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a case study of automation's impact on the perception of comfort

Journal article (2017)

Authors

Arianna Brambilla EPFL Neuchâtel

Hamed Alavi University of Fribourg

H. Verma University of Fribourg

Denis Lalanne University of Fribourg

Thomas Jusselme EPFL Neuchâtel

Marilyne Andersen EPFL Neuchâtel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

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Manual control Building automation system Personal comfort Human – building interactions

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2017

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English

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Abstract

To investigate the relationship between occupants’ perception of control over building elements and their comfort, we conducted a study where two prototype office rooms were compared: while the first room allowed occupants to open or close the window and configure the shading, the second one was fully automated. The quantitative analysis of collected data a) supports the existing results in the literature reporting higher satisfaction where manual control is maintained, and b) uncovers a new impact of highly automated systems: lower control over building elements can increase the occupant's consciousness of the environmental factors and the saliency of comfort parameters.