2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study on the Thermal Environment of Occupants' and Thermal Cognition

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21860067
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Architectural environment/equipment
Research Institution	Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (2010) Tokyo Metropolitan University (2009)
Principal Investigator	IWAMATSU Toshiya Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, システム技術研究所, 主任研究員 (80553297)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	熱環境 / 温熱感 / 環境調整行動 / エクセルギー
Research Abstract	The purpose of this research is to reveal the relationship among the thermal environment, thermo-environmental adjustment behavior of occupants' and the threshold of thermal cognition. The thermal environment and environmental adjustment behavior are connected with the personal thermal cognition. It was found a clear difference in the threshold temperature between subjects who addicted to use air conditioner and subjects who use a little. It suggests that it is important to design the thermal environment taking into account consideration of personal thermal cognition.