The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales
Journal article, 2019
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.
Author
Marcel Schweiker
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Amar Abdul-Zahra
University of Technology- Iraq
Maíra André
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Farah Al-Atrash
German Jordanian University
Hanan Al-Khatri
Sultan Qaboos University
Rea Risky Alprianti
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Hayder Alsaad
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Rucha Amin
University of Southampton
Eleni Ampatzi
Cardiff University
Alpha Yacob Arsano
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Montazami Azadeh
Coventry University
Elie Azar
Khalifa University
Bannazadeh Bahareh
University of Tehran
Amina Batagarawa
Ahmadu Bello University
Susanne Becker
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
Mannheim university hospital
Carolina Buonocore
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Bin Cao
Tsinghua University
Joon Ho Choi
University of Southern California
Chungyoon Chun
Yonsei University
Hein Daanen
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Siti Aisyah Damiati
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Lyrian Daniel
University of Adelaide
Renata De Vecchi
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Shivraj Dhaka
Indian Green Building Council (IGBC)
Samuel Domínguez-Amarillo
University of Seville
Edyta Dudkiewicz
Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Lakshmi Prabha Edappilly
IIT Madras
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Jesica Fernández-Agüera
University of Seville
Mireille Folkerts
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Arjan Frijns
Eindhoven University of Technology
Gabriel Gaona
University of Cuenca
Vishal Garg
International Institute of Information Technology
Stephanie Gauthier
University of Southampton
Shahla Ghaffari Jabbari
Tabriz Islamic Art University
Djamila Harimi
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Runa T. Hellwig
Fachhochschule Augsburg
Aalborg University
Gesche M. Huebner
University College London (UCL)
Quan Jin
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Technology
Mina Jowkar
Coventry University
Renate Kania
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Jungsoo Kim
The University of Sydney
Nelson King
Khalifa University
Boris Kingma
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Sciences
University of Copenhagen
M. Donny Koerniawan
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Jakub Kolarik
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Shailendra Kumar
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
Alison Kwok
University of Oregon
Roberto Lamberts
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Marta Laska
Wrocław University of Science and Technology
M. C.Jeffrey Lee
National Taichung University of Science and Technology
Yoonhee Lee
University of Southern California
Vanessa Lindermayr
Fachhochschule Augsburg
Mohammadbagher Mahaki
Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
Udochukwu Marcel-Okafor
Federal Polytechnic
Laura Marín-Restrepo
Universidad del Bio-Bio
Anna Marquardsen
University of Koblenz and Landau
Francesco Martellotta
Polytechnic University of Bari
Jyotirmay Mathur
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
Gráinne McGill
Glasgow School of Art
Isabel Mino-Rodriguez
University College London (UCL)
Di Mou
Tsinghua University
Bassam Moujalled
Centre d'Etudes et d'Expertise sur les Risques, l'Environnement, la Mobilité et l'Aménagement
Mia Nakajima
University of California
Edward Ng
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Marcellinus Okafor
Imo State University
Mark Olweny
Uganda Martyrs University
Wanlu Ouyang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ana Ligia Papst de Abreu
950 - Centro
Alexis Pérez-Fargallo
Universidad del Bio-Bio
Indrika Rajapaksha
University of Moratuwa
Greici Ramos
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Saif Rashid
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Christoph F. Reinhart
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Ma Isabel Rivera
University of Oregon
University of Concepcion
Mazyar Salmanzadeh
Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
Karin Schakib-Ekbatan
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
Stefano Schiavon
University of California
Salman Shooshtarian
RMIT University
Masanori Shukuya
Tokyo City University
Veronica Soebarto
University of California
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Suhendri
Institut Teknologi Bandung
Mohammad Tahsildoost
Shahid Beheshti University
Federico Tartarini
University of Wollongong
Despoina Teli
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Services Engineering
University of Southampton
Priyam Tewari
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
Samar Thapa
Salesian College
Maureen Trebilcock
University of Copenhagen
Jörg Trojan
Akademie für angewandte Bewegungswissenschaften gGmbH
Ruqayyatu B. Tukur
Ahmadu Bello University
Conrad Voelker
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Yeung Yam
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Liu Yang
Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology
Gabriela Zapata-Lancaster
Cardiff University
Yongchao Zhai
Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology
Yingxin Zhu
Tsinghua University
Zahra Sadat Zomorodian
Shahid Beheshti University
Scientific data
2052-4463 (eISSN)
Vol. 6 1 289Occupant well-being and productivity in sustainable office buildings: A multidisciplinary study on the key factors of indoor environmental quality
Formas (FR-2018/0010), 2019-01-01 -- 2021-12-31.
Subject Categories
Architectural Engineering
Design
Architecture
DOI
10.1038/s41597-019-0272-6
PubMed
31772199