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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

9. Design of the Indoor Environment

Author : Ken Parsons

Published in: Design and Management of Sustainable Built Environments

Publisher: Springer London

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Abstract

This chapter presents knowledge of how people respond to the physical environment and how that is used in the design of indoor environments. It considers thermal, acoustical, visual, air quality, and vibration environmental components and their interaction and integration. It identifies the important physical factors that determine human response, and hence those that should be considered in environmental design. It also describes how people respond to each of the environmental components, environmental indices, and subjective scales that can be used to construct and carry out an environmental survey for assessing the quality of existing indoor environments. Learning outcomes: On successful completion of this chapter, readers will be able to: (1) Understand the important physical factors that should be considered in environmental design; (2) Gain insight into how people respond to the thermal, acoustical, visual, air quality, and vibration environments; and (3) Appreciate how to use human responses to design optimum indoor environments.

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Metadata
Title
Design of the Indoor Environment
Author
Ken Parsons
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer London
Book
Design and Management of Sustainable Built Environments

Print ISBN: 978-1-4471-4780-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4471-4781-7

Copyright Year: 2013

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4781-7_9