Examining the Impact of Environmental Quality in Architecture on Users’ Thermal Perception

Year 2025, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 22 - 32, 31.03.2025

Navid Khaleghımoghaddam

Abstract

Considering environmental factors in building design can improve users' quality of life and health while using less energy. In this context, since administrative and educational buildings host a large number of people who spend a significant amount of time inside, it is critical to explore the direct impact of environmental qualities in design such as thermal comfort on building users' physical and mental health, as well as energy efficiency. From the point of view of people's comfort in the environment, the present study suggests that, in addition to climatic components, other variables also influence an individual's thermal perception. So, it aims to investigate and analyze data based on the effect of environmental and physical components on thermal comfort in an educational place. The research method is the questionnaire, observation and recording of climatic data. The study was conducted with the participation of 97 employees of Konya Food and Agriculture University during five working days in August. The results show that the indoor air temperature and indoor relative humidity as environmental components and the location of the openings and the view of the natural environment as physical components have a great influence on the thermal perception of the users.

Keywords

Environmental components, physical components, relative humidity, thermal comfort, thermal perception

Mimaride Çevresel Niteliğin Kullanıcıların Termal Algısı Üzerindeki Etkisinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Bina tasarımında çevresel faktörlerin dikkate alınması, daha az enerji kullanırken kullanıcıların yaşam kalitesini ve sağlığını iyileştirmek için fayda sağlayabilir. Bu bağlamda, idari ve eğitim binaları uzun zaman içerisinde çok sayıda insana ev sahipliği yapıyor. Bu nedenle, termal konfor gibi tasarımdaki çevresel niteliklerin bina kullanıcılarının fiziksel ve zihinsel sağlığı ve enerji verimliliği üzerindeki doğrudan etkilerini araştırmak çok önemlidir. Bu çalışma, iklimsel faktörlerin yanı sıra diğer faktörlerin de insanların çevrelerindeki termal konforunu etkilediğini öne sürmektedir. Dolayısıyla, bir eğitim mekanında fiziksel ve çevresel faktörlerin termal algı üzerindeki etkilerine ilişkin verilerin incelenmesini ve analiz edilmesini amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma, gözlem ve iklim verilerinin toplanması yöntemiyle Ağustos ayında beş iş günü boyunca Konya Gıda ve Tarım Üniversitesi'nin 97 çalışanının katılımıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Sonuçlar, çevresel bileşenler olarak iç mekan hava sıcaklığı ve bağıl nemi ile fiziksel bileşenler olarak açıklıkların konumu ve doğal çevre manzarasının kullanıcıların termal algılarını önemli ölçüde etkilediğini göstermektedir.

Keywords

Çevresel bileşenler, fiziksel bileşenler, bağlı nem, termal knfor, termal algı

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