Impact of Wood on Perception of Transient and Steady-State Indoor Thermal Environments
Wood is often used as an interior surface finish in buildings, including exposed cross-laminated timber panels and other structural mass timber members. Building occupants generally have a positive reaction to visible wood elements used in building interiors due to the visual qualities associated wi...
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| author | Denise (Blankenberger) Gravelle Jason Stenson Mark Fretz Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg |
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| description | Wood is often used as an interior surface finish in buildings, including exposed cross-laminated timber panels and other structural mass timber members. Building occupants generally have a positive reaction to visible wood elements used in building interiors due to the visual qualities associated with wood being a natural material. This study aims to identify any thermal comfort impacts of wood interior environments using subjective occupant-reported perceived thermal sensation during two experiments conducted in a climate chamber fitted with either white-painted gypsum wallboard or unfinished laminated Douglas Fir wall panels. In the first experiment, the thermal environment was continually varied while the visual stimulus of the wall type remained constant. Irrespective of wood or white wall treatment type, thermal history played a significant role in the perceived thermal comfort of participants under continually modulating temperatures. In the second experiment, a slightly warm steady-state thermal environment was maintained while one of the two wall treatments was revealed from behind a black curtain. While the shift in thermal sensation toward neutral was greater with wood walls than with white walls, the difference was not found to be statistically significant and appears to diminish after 15 min of exposure to the new visual surroundings. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d3b446b046f04dd4b95408161af3f3612025-08-20T03:14:42ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092025-05-011510169810.3390/buildings15101698Impact of Wood on Perception of Transient and Steady-State Indoor Thermal EnvironmentsDenise (Blankenberger) Gravelle0Jason Stenson1Mark Fretz2Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg3Quinn Evans, Washington, DC 20037, USAEnergy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, College of Design, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USAEnergy Studies in Buildings Laboratory, College of Design, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USACollege of Architecture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USAWood is often used as an interior surface finish in buildings, including exposed cross-laminated timber panels and other structural mass timber members. Building occupants generally have a positive reaction to visible wood elements used in building interiors due to the visual qualities associated with wood being a natural material. This study aims to identify any thermal comfort impacts of wood interior environments using subjective occupant-reported perceived thermal sensation during two experiments conducted in a climate chamber fitted with either white-painted gypsum wallboard or unfinished laminated Douglas Fir wall panels. In the first experiment, the thermal environment was continually varied while the visual stimulus of the wall type remained constant. Irrespective of wood or white wall treatment type, thermal history played a significant role in the perceived thermal comfort of participants under continually modulating temperatures. In the second experiment, a slightly warm steady-state thermal environment was maintained while one of the two wall treatments was revealed from behind a black curtain. While the shift in thermal sensation toward neutral was greater with wood walls than with white walls, the difference was not found to be statistically significant and appears to diminish after 15 min of exposure to the new visual surroundings.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/10/1698cross-laminated timberperceived thermal comfortvisual preferenceclimate chamber |
| spellingShingle | Denise (Blankenberger) Gravelle Jason Stenson Mark Fretz Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg Impact of Wood on Perception of Transient and Steady-State Indoor Thermal Environments Buildings cross-laminated timber perceived thermal comfort visual preference climate chamber |
| title | Impact of Wood on Perception of Transient and Steady-State Indoor Thermal Environments |
| title_full | Impact of Wood on Perception of Transient and Steady-State Indoor Thermal Environments |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Wood on Perception of Transient and Steady-State Indoor Thermal Environments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Wood on Perception of Transient and Steady-State Indoor Thermal Environments |
| title_short | Impact of Wood on Perception of Transient and Steady-State Indoor Thermal Environments |
| title_sort | impact of wood on perception of transient and steady state indoor thermal environments |
| topic | cross-laminated timber perceived thermal comfort visual preference climate chamber |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/10/1698 |
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