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HUMIDITY ENVIRONMENT IN HOUSES OF ELDERLY IN NIIGATA

Research Project

Project/Area Number 12680098
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 家政学一般(含衣・住環境)
Research InstitutionNiigata University

Principal Investigator

IGARASHI Yuriko  Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Niigata University, Professor, 教育人間科学部, 教授 (80018655)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YAMAGISHI Akihiro  Niigata Women's College, Associate Professor, 助教授 (80230340)
Project Period (FY) 2000 – 2001
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
KeywordsELDERLY / HOUSES / HUMIDITY ENVIRONMENT / ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY / NIIGATA / HUMIDITY SENSATION / THERMAL ENVIRONMENT / THERMAL SENSATION / 重量絶対温度 / 住居 / 湿度 / 暖房 / 乾燥感
Research Abstract

The indoor humidity environment influences residents' health. Proper humidity condition prevents influenza and dry skin, especially for people of advanced age. This study reports the humidity environment measured in houses of elderly people in Niigata prefecture. The measurement was conducted in 12 houses in every season and the residents were interviewed on their hygrothermal environment. The purpose of this study is to assess contributing factors of indoor thermal environment and to improve low-humidity environment.
1) There was the biggest difference of indoor thermal environment in winter influenced by insulations, structures of houses, and the ways of heating.
2) The humidity environment in living rooms was different in each season influenced by structures and thermal performance of houses and the ways of heating. The difference between houses was most notable in winter when the humidity was the lowest in the year.
3) The difference of humidity environment between indoor and outdoor was different in each season. There was the smallest difference in summer and the biggest in winter.
4) Indoor relative humidity tended to drop to undesirable percentage in winter, around 30 % in some cases. The absolute humidity was around 8g/kg in most cases.
5) There was more "very dry" or "neutral" in winter in terms of the skin surface hydration and the sense of humidity, which indicates the influence of low humidity.
6) A measurement survey was conducted in winter in three houses with different humidity environment to examine the change of humidity environment by using humidifiers. Since each house had different conditions of hygroscopicity of walls and other factors to change thermal environment, the absolute humidity and its changes before and after humidification was varied between houses. The sense of humidity indoors, thirstiness and skin surface hydration, however, reflected the effect of humidification.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2001 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All Other

All Publications (12 results)

  • [Publications] 五十嵐由利子, 山岸明浩, 飯野由香利: "新潟県内における高齢者居住住宅の温熱環境に関する研究 その1 温熱環境測定結果について"日本建築学会大会学術講演梗概集. D-2. 109-110 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 山岸明浩, 五十嵐由利子, 飯野由香利: "新潟県内における高齢者居住住宅の温熱環境に関する研究 その2 調査概要と住宅内の湿度環境結果"日本建築学会大会学術講演梗概集. D-2. 111-112 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 飯野由香利, 五十嵐由利子, 山岸明浩: "新潟県内の高齢者世帯における住宅内湿度環境の実態に関する研究 その1 住まい方と温熱環境の実態について"第25回人間-生活環境系シンポジウム報告集. 23-26 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 山岸明浩, 五十嵐由利子, 飯野由香利: "新潟県内の高齢者世帯における住宅内湿度環境の実態に関する研究 その2 住宅内の湿度環境について"第25回人問-生活環境系シンポジウム報告集. 27-30 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Igarashi Yuriko, Yamagishi Akihiro, lino Yukari: "Study on Thermal Environment in Houses for the Aged Couples or Singles in Niigata Prefecture Part 1 Outlines of Investigations and a Result of Humidity Environment in Houses"Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. D-2. 109-110 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yamagishi Akihiro, Igarashi Yuriko, lino Yukari: "Study on Thermal Environment in Houses for the Aged Couples or Singles in Niigata Prefecture Part 2 Result of Thermal Environmental Measurement"Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting Architectural Institute of Japan. D-2. 111-112 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] lino Yukari, Igarashi Yuriko, Yamagishi Akihiro: "Study on Humidity Environment in Houses for the Aged Couples or Singles in Niigata Part 1 Actual Conditions of living Ways and Thermal Environment"Proceedings of The 25th Symposium on Human-Environment System. 23-26 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yamagishi Akihiro, Igarashi Yuriko, lino Yukari: "Study on Humidity Environment in Houses for the Aged Couples or Singles in Niigata Part 2 Actual Conditions of Humidity Environment"Proceedings of The 25th Symposium on Human-Environment System. 27-30 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 五十嵐由利子, 山岸明浩, 飯野由香利: "新潟県内における高齢者居住住宅の温熱環境に関する研究 その1 温熱環境測定結果について"日本建築学会大会学術講演梗概集. D-2. 109-110 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 山岸明浩, 五十嵐由利子, 飯野由香里: "新潟県内における高齢者居住住宅の温熱環境に関する研究 その2 調査概要と住宅内の湿度環境結果"日本建築学会大会学術講演梗概集. D-2. 111-112 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 飯野由香里, 五十嵐由利子, 山岸明浩: "新潟県内における高齢者世帯における住宅内湿度環境にの実態に関する研究 その1 住まい方と温熱環境の実態について"第25回人間-生活環境系シンポジウム報告集. 23-26 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 山岸明浩, 五十嵐由利子, 飯野由香里: "新潟県内における高齢者世帯における住宅内湿度環境にの実態に関する研究 その2 住宅内の湿度環境について"第25回人間-生活環境系シンポジウム報告集. 23-26 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report

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