Browsing by Subject "Comfort design"
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Item Regional and historic standards of comfort(2009-10) Kamholz, Jenna; Storer, LisaA look at comfort, and the differences in our definitions and expectations of comfort through history and across cultures. This paper also considers the impact of technological advances in air conditioning on the perception of comfort.Item Standards of human comfort: relative and absolute(2009-10) Fincher, Warren; Boduch, MichaelAn examination of the factors that affect the quality of comfort in an architectural environment, including temperature, lighting, humidity, and air quality. The paper also considers the variability of individual and cultural perceptions of comfort in determining how designers might create an optimal living or work space.