Temperature, Wellbeing, and Other Effects
Design can affect how warm or cold we think a space is and neuroscience research indicates that t
Temperature
Physical, Social Warmth
Combatting loneliness with heat
Ventilating Rooms (11-18-19)
Wind can effectively support ventilating room and regulating their temperature; gentle movement is an important aspect of biophilic design. Researchers determined that “wind can increase ventilation rates by as much as 40% above that which is driven by a temperature difference between a room and the outdoors. . . . researchers found that the rate of ventilation depends less on temperature and more on wind. Anyone who has tried to cool down on a hot night by opening the window will no doubt be familiar with how ineffective this is when there is no wind.
Classroom Air Quality and Temperature (11-06-19)
Research conducted at the University of California, Davis, indicates that the temperature and air quality in K-12 classrooms may be degrading students’ ability to learn. A press release from Davis, reporting on a study from UC Davis and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) published in Building and Environment,states that “Roughly 85 percent of recently installed HVAC systems in K-12 classrooms investigated in California did not provide adequate ventilation. . . . researchers visited 104 classrooms . . .
Daylighting and Perceived Temperature
Intensities related
Temperature and Luxury (10-11-19)
Park and Hadi evaluated links between cool temperatures and perceptions of luxury. They determined that “physical cold can indeed increase consumers’ perceptions of a product's status signaling and luxuriousness.
Guidelines and Workplace Satisfaction
Adhering to guidelines no guarantee of higher satisfaction
Hand Temperature and Space Use
Men/Women different
Physical and Social Warmth (06-13-19)
Research completed by Inagaki and Human confirms that there are ties between physical and social
Gender, Temperature, and Performance
Warmer better for women, cooler better for men
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