Conveners
[BE2] Environmental quality evaluation in built environment: [BE5] Environmental quality evaluation in built environment
- Cheol Ho Jeong (Technical University of Denmark)
Description
This session will host presentations related to indoor and outdoor environmental quality (EQ) in the built environments. In indoor conditions, air quality, thermal comfort, acoustics (noise) and vibration, and lighting quality are included. In more outdoor focused studies, five domains: air, water, land, built, and sociodemographic environments are of main interest. The environmental quality index (EQI) generally helps researchers better understand how health outcomes relate to cumulative environmental exposures. Submissions of new and original objective quantifications and measurements of EQI as well as subjective indoor climate evaluations and users’ health and preference are welcome
Insecticide treated bed nets (ITNs) is still the main malaria control measure for the sub-Saharan region in Africa. A number of research in the past further showed the effectiveness of closed eaves, screened windows and doors in preventing mosquito intrusions into indoor spaces. However, the hot and humid climate makes the occupant difficult to remain under the bed net, mainly due to the...
Burning candles at home emit small particles and gases that pollute indoor air. Exposure to fine particles in outdoor air has been convincingly linked to cardiovascular and respiratory events, while the associations with fine and ultrafine particles from candle burning remain unexplored. We examined the association between the use of candles and incident cardiovascular and respiratory events....
This study explores the effects of natural sounds, such as water sound and birdsong, on people's reactions to urban courtyards with and without the presence of sounds. A series of laboratory experiments were conducted in virtual reality (VR) environments. The first experiment investigated people's reactions to urban courtyards in terms of perceived pleasantness, perceived enclosure, and...
Room acoustics has been an active research field in building physics, which reflects the human race’s enthusiasm toward healthy and sustainable indoor acoustic environments. Particularly in acoustically important buildings, such as concert halls, room acoustics has been experimented with simulations and scale models in the design stage. Room acoustic simulations have been more accurate and...
In order to develop an evacuation simulation program that the fire safety manager of a building can easily utilize for effective evacuation and establish an appropriate evacuation plan in case of fire, it was tried to reflect the actual behavioral characteristics of the evacuees. To this end, a plan must be prepared to maximize the accuracy and completeness of the simulation program through...
