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Technical FeaTure
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integrated team of designers can meet to develop a project
conceptual design, considering thermal control and ventilation as well as illumination and acoustics all at the stage
of determining the overall configuration and layout of a
building. This sort of integrated design process is thought
to be far more likely to succeed in producing a building
with acceptable indoor environmental quality as well as
good energy performance.2
Occupant physiological responses to IEQ parameters can
be communicated through personal computers, mobile
devices, or other communication technologies. The resulting inputs or an automated analysis of them may be used
to control IEQ parameters. Some modern designers have
integrated occupant feedback mechanisms into the building environmental control strategy and system. Of course,
operable windows and adjustable thermostats or manually
controlled exhaust fans are long-established examples
of enabling occupants to control a building environment
based on their own physiological response. After all, thermal comfort is strictly speaking the individual’s perception of the effect of the thermal environment on their

physiology along with their perception and expectation of
the conditions.
While there is abundant scientific evidence that interactive effects can dramatically alter the overall acceptability
of an indoor environment, current standards, codes, regulations, and guidelines tend to be limited in focus and to
ignore potential important interactions.

Further Research
More knowledge is needed to fully inform us about the
many important interactions such as between humidity and micro-organisms indoors and the connections
of moisture and microbes to occupant symptoms. While
the majority of individual research projects necessarily have limited scope due to practical considerations
of available resources, time, and purpose, an attempt
needs to be made to maintain clarity about the interconnectedness of the various aspects of the indoor
environment.

References
1. ASHRAE. 2010. ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 55-2004, Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy.

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