19Apr/100
Comfort is… Results of the etnographic study
The comfort themes are made to sum up the main areas of comfort that arose from the user studies. Because the titles are quite ambiguous I will elaborate on them a bit more after the break.
- Comfort is what people make
- Comfort is bringing feeling, observing and understanding in tune
- Comfort is about social relations
- Comfort is a political construct
- Indoor comfort connects to the outdoor
- Comfort means becoming healthy
15Mar/100
Comfort is…
When looking at the Indoor Climate Comfort we can derive lots of factors that influence the comfort of the people within the room.
Amongst them are:
- Temperature
- Humidity
- Draft
- Isolation
- CO2
- Heat radiation
- Amount of fresh air
- Sunlight
- Indoor lighting
- Sound
- Social (others in the room, hierarchy)
- Amount of energy used
- Activity in the room
- Time (day-night/month/season)
- UV-index
- Culture
- Mood
- Personal preference
Some of them are directly measureable and have a big contribution to the comfort. Others play a less prominent role but non the less are important. What are the most interesting ones to look at for provotyping?