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Burney, D and Claflin, A (2016) Practical considerations for implementing research on the indoor built environment. Building Research & Information, 44(03), 342-4.
Cartwright, N (2016) Scientific models versus social reality. Building Research & Information, 44(03), 334-7.
Forcada, N, Macarulla, M, Gangolells, M and Casals, M (2016) Handover defects: Comparison of construction and post-handover housing defects. Building Research & Information, 44(03), 279-88.
Garcia-Holguera, M, Clark, O G, Sprecher, A and Gaskin, S (2016) Ecosystem biomimetics for resource use optimization in buildings. Building Research & Information, 44(03), 263-78.
Goh, B H and Sun, Y (2016) The development of life-cycle costing for buildings. Building Research & Information, 44(03), 319-33.
Kaasalainen, T and Huuhka, S (2016) Homogenous homes of Finland: 'Standard' flats in non-standardized blocks. Building Research & Information, 44(03), 229-47.
Lucke, T, Beecham, S and Qu, Y Y (2016) Estimating flow rates through individual outlets of siphonic roof drainage systems. Building Research & Information, 44(03), 289-300.
Müller, B (2016) Policy gaps: Future challenges for research. Building Research & Information, 44(03), 338-41.
Parkinson, T and de Dear, R (2016) Thermal pleasure in built environments: Spatial alliesthesia from contact heating. Building Research & Information, 44(03), 248-62.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: personal control; thermal pleasure; alliesthesia; non-steady-state environments; physiology; local discomfort; adaptation; thermal comfort; heating; building automation; environmental conditions
- ISBN/ISSN: 0961-3218
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2015.1082334
- Abstract:
The comfort zone is bounded by thermal environmental conditions that may be described as acceptably cool or acceptably warm, and engineering out of existence these innocuous thermal conditions on the fringes of the adaptive comfort range may not be necessary. In contrast to the conventional understanding of local discomfort, spatial alliesthesia exploits corrective differences in the rate of change in skin temperature between individual body segments to elicit positive affective sensations. This paper examines reverse instances of local discomfort, or spatial alliesthesia, from warm contact stimuli applied to hand and feet when exposed to ambient conditions towards the lower margin of the comfort zone. It was found that subjects with moderate feelings of displeasure or even indifference were still capable of experiencing a pleasant response to localized thermal stimuli. Brief whole-body thermal pleasure was observed from in-situ skin temperature changes at a single distal body site. These effects were subtle and not universally experienced, so the success of their deliberate implementation in built environments depends heavily on some form of individual control. Spatial alliesthesia therefore complements the body of literature investigating personal environmental control and local thermal discomfort by providing a theoretical framework of thermal perception in non-neutral environments.; The comfort zone is bounded by thermal environmental conditions that may be described as acceptably cool or acceptably warm, and engineering out of existence these innocuous thermal conditions on the fringes of the adaptive comfort range may not be necessary. In contrast to the conventional understanding of local discomfort, spatial alliesthesia exploits corrective differences in the rate of change in skin temperature between individual body segments to elicit positive affective sensations. This paper examines reverse instances of local discomfort, or spatial alliesthesia, from warm contact stimuli applied to hand and feet when exposed to ambient conditions towards the lower margin of the comfort zone. It was found that subjects with moderate feelings of displeasure or even indifference were still capable of experiencing a pleasant response to localized thermal stimuli. Brief whole-body thermal pleasure was observed from in-situ skin temperature changes at a single distal body site. These effects were subtle and not universally experienced, so the success of their deliberate implementation in built environments depends heavily on some form of individual control. Spatial alliesthesia therefore complements the body of literature investigating personal environmental control and local thermal discomfort by providing a theoretical framework of thermal perception in non-neutral environments.;
Silva, A, Neves, L C, Gaspar, P L and de Brito, J (2016) Probabilistic transition of condition: Render facades. Building Research & Information, 44(03), 301-18.