CONFORT TÉRMICO Y RETROALIMENTACIÓN DE LOS USUARIOS. REVISIÓN BIBLIOGRÁFICA EN EDIFICIOS HISTÓRICOS Y NO HISTÓRICOS

Abstract

This paper presents the results of an extensive literature review on the topic of assessment of occupants’ opinion of the internal environment in historical buildings, based upon their responses to questions relating to a range of discrete factors. The adaptive approach to modelling thermal comfort acknowledges that thermal perception in ‘real world’ settings is influenced by the complexities of past thermal history and cultural and technical practices. Thermal adaptation can be attributed to three different processes—behavioural adjustment, physiological acclimatization and psychological habituation or expectation. The mechanism of the impact of individual control on thermal comfort was also discussed in terms of psychological and behavioural adaptations. All these studies have in common that they have used a survey that considers many aspects of the internal environment and seeks to gain occupants responses to each of these in terms of “User Satisfaction” and “Degree of Importance”. The questionnaires utilised a seven-point bi-polar scale to score. Usually authors have used one of these scales Thermal sensation votes (ASHRAE 7-point scale) and comfort votes (Bedford 7-point scale).