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

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften

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

Indian Institute of Technology

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

Aalborg University

Fachhochschule Augsburg

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

University of Copenhagen

Netherlands Organisation for Applied Sciences

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

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

University of California

Suhendri

Institut Teknologi Bandung

Mohammad Tahsildoost

Shahid Beheshti University

Federico Tartarini

University of Wollongong

Despoina Teli

University of Southampton

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Services Engineering

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 1 289

Occupant 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

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5/29/2024