Physiological Mechanisms of Comfort, Health, and Cognitive Performance in Built Environment
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 33
Special Issue Editors
Interests: indoor environment quality; cognitive performance; healthy buildings; biophilic design
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The paradigm shift from viewing the occupants as passive objects to active participants is underway. Prior knowledge of human comfort is essential for the optimal control of indoor climate; therefore, to overcome this limitation, a human-centered intelligence control loop (HCICL) has been proposed, where a HVAC system includes the occupants in the control loop. The main objective is to collect real-time subjective opinions from occupants and facilitate data-driven self-learning methods. Setpoint temperature adjustment that incorporates occupant feedback and a personal comfort system (PCS) for individual thermal comfort has already been widely investigated, but such systems have been based mostly on the feedback of users in a stable environment.
There is a close association between human comfort and human physiological responses. Skin temperature has been widely investigated and established as a thermal sensation indicator in both dynamic and stable environments. Recent studies indicate that several physiological responses, such as pulse rate and skin conductance, could be used to model thermal comfort in stable environments, thus improving the control of HVAC systems. Moreover, these physiological responses could be an effective means of measuring the cognitive performance, wellbeing, and stress caused by indoor environmental stimuli (whether they are caused by thermal, visual, air quality, or acoustic factors).
This Special Issue endeavors to advance scientific studies focusing on physiological applications in built environments, with the goal being to deepen our understanding of the existing status and limitations of physiological mechanisms in human–building interactions.
Dr. Zhibin Wu
Dr. Romina Rissetto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- physiological responses
- biosignals
- human building interaction
- indoor environment quality
- human perception
- cognitive performance
- health and well-being
