Thermal comfort model for classrooms using occupant-centered approach
Using Grounded Theory (GT) and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), this mixed-methods study explores how architecture students' and graduates' understanding of thermal comfort evolves. Focus groups (FG-1 to FG-3) across three educational levels showed that perceptions mature from a basic...
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| author | Huda Riaz Sabahat Arif Sumra Yousuf Muhammad Nasir Bashir Muhammad Mahmood Ali Irfan Anjum Badruddin |
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| description | Using Grounded Theory (GT) and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), this mixed-methods study explores how architecture students' and graduates' understanding of thermal comfort evolves. Focus groups (FG-1 to FG-3) across three educational levels showed that perceptions mature from a basic focus on building design to a sophisticated understanding encompassing behavioural, psychological, and climatic factors. This led to four frameworks (FW-1 to FW-4), culminating in a comprehensive Thermal Comfort Evaluation Framework (FW-4) integrating building performance, climatic conditions, and occupant responses throughout design. A novel occupant-centred model synthesises AHP-weighted priorities and GT themes, structured around building performance (type, exterior, interior), climatic conditions (temperature, humidity, air velocity), and occupant (psychological and behavioural) factors. This model reflects the interplay of controllable and uncontrollable variables impacting thermal perception and productivity, offering a robust decision-making design model. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6ea21b3406094d0993b1fadf4caf4e112025-08-20T03:31:05ZengElsevierCase Studies in Thermal Engineering2214-157X2025-09-017310658910.1016/j.csite.2025.106589Thermal comfort model for classrooms using occupant-centered approachHuda Riaz0Sabahat Arif1Sumra Yousuf2Muhammad Nasir Bashir3Muhammad Mahmood Ali4Irfan Anjum Badruddin5Department of Architectural Engineering and Design, University of Engineering and Technology, 54890, Lahore, PakistanDepartment of Architectural Engineering and Design, University of Engineering and Technology, 54890, Lahore, PakistanDepartment of Building and Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, 60800, Multan, Pakistan; Corresponding author.Multi-Scale Fluid Dynamics Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, 120-749, the Republic of KoreaDepartment of Mechatronic Engineering, Atlantic Technological University Sligo, Ash Lane, F91 YW50, Sligo, Ireland; Corresponding author.Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha, 61421, Saudi ArabiaUsing Grounded Theory (GT) and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), this mixed-methods study explores how architecture students' and graduates' understanding of thermal comfort evolves. Focus groups (FG-1 to FG-3) across three educational levels showed that perceptions mature from a basic focus on building design to a sophisticated understanding encompassing behavioural, psychological, and climatic factors. This led to four frameworks (FW-1 to FW-4), culminating in a comprehensive Thermal Comfort Evaluation Framework (FW-4) integrating building performance, climatic conditions, and occupant responses throughout design. A novel occupant-centred model synthesises AHP-weighted priorities and GT themes, structured around building performance (type, exterior, interior), climatic conditions (temperature, humidity, air velocity), and occupant (psychological and behavioural) factors. This model reflects the interplay of controllable and uncontrollable variables impacting thermal perception and productivity, offering a robust decision-making design model.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214157X25008494Thermal comfortBuilding occupantsAnalytical hierarchical process (AHP)Grounded theory (GT)Classrooms |
| spellingShingle | Huda Riaz Sabahat Arif Sumra Yousuf Muhammad Nasir Bashir Muhammad Mahmood Ali Irfan Anjum Badruddin Thermal comfort model for classrooms using occupant-centered approach Case Studies in Thermal Engineering Thermal comfort Building occupants Analytical hierarchical process (AHP) Grounded theory (GT) Classrooms |
| title | Thermal comfort model for classrooms using occupant-centered approach |
| title_full | Thermal comfort model for classrooms using occupant-centered approach |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Thermal comfort model for classrooms using occupant-centered approach |
| title_short | Thermal comfort model for classrooms using occupant-centered approach |
| title_sort | thermal comfort model for classrooms using occupant centered approach |
| topic | Thermal comfort Building occupants Analytical hierarchical process (AHP) Grounded theory (GT) Classrooms |
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