Date of Award
January 2016
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Civil Engineering
First Advisor
Athanasios Tzempelikos
Committee Member 1
Qingyan Chen
Committee Member 2
Panagiota Karava
Committee Member 3
Robert Proctor
Abstract
With perimeter office spaces with large glazing facades being an indisputable trend in modern architecture, human comfort has been in the scope of Building science; the necessity to improve occupants’ satisfaction, along with maintaining sustainability has become apparent, as productivity and even the well-being of occupants are connected with maintaining a pleasant environment in the interior. While thermal comfort has been extensively studied, the satisfaction with the visual environment has still aspects that are either inadequately explained, or even entirely absent from literature. This Thesis investigated most aspects of the visual environment, including visual comfort, lighting energy performance through the utilization of daylight and connection to the outdoors, using experimental studies, simulation studies and human subjects’ based experiments.
Recommended Citation
Konstantzos, Iason, "A Human-Centered Approach for the Design of Perimeter Office Spaces Based on Visual Environment Criteria" (2016). Open Access Dissertations. 1222.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1222