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Comfort complaints, such as high or low temperatures, lack of privacy and concentration loss, are regularly reported in today’s offices. Most comfort aspects, such as lighting, ventilation, decoration and climate are regulated on global level, while for optimal comfort experience customized settings on personal level is desired, which requires a more direct personal control. A method is described to evaluate comfort levels of a workstation with individually controlled radiant heating and lighting. The aim is to examine the band-width of peoples’ comfort zone of radiant temperature and illumination when doing office work.
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de Korte, E.M. et al. (2013). Evaluating Comfort Levels of a Workstation with an Individually Controlled Heating and Lighting System. In: Duffy, V.G. (eds) Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics, and Risk Management. Human Body Modeling and Ergonomics. DHM 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8026. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39182-8_25
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