TY - GEN
T1 - Multi-domain sensor’s location and frequency of measurements
T2 - 18th Healthy Buildings Europe Conference 2023: Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries
AU - Zhou, Kaye
AU - Chinazzo, Giorgia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Living laboratories are emerging as a new paradigm for studying human-building interactions beyond traditional laboratory and field studies. Living laboratories allow the measurement of several indoor environmental quality (IEQ) conditions simultaneously. To this end, sensors able to measure multiple IEQ conditions simultaneously, such as visual, thermal, acoustic, and air quality (i.e., multi-domain sensors), can be used. When installing and setting up multi-domain sensors in buildings, their location and frequency of measurements must be carefully chosen to gather the conditions that better represent the ones experienced by the occupants. This information is rarely detailed in experimental studies, and only general guidelines have been published for single-domain instrumentation. To fill this gap, this study investigates the influence of the location and frequency of measurements on the environmental measures of multi-domain sensors. The experiment, run in single and shared offices, involves the measurement of various IEQ conditions with commercial-grade devices. Results show small variations across the selected locations around the occupant, except for illuminance measurements. The results can be used by researchers interested in setting up a living laboratory or by building professionals, property owners, or building occupants interested in monitoring the buildings they design, manage, own, or occupy.
AB - Living laboratories are emerging as a new paradigm for studying human-building interactions beyond traditional laboratory and field studies. Living laboratories allow the measurement of several indoor environmental quality (IEQ) conditions simultaneously. To this end, sensors able to measure multiple IEQ conditions simultaneously, such as visual, thermal, acoustic, and air quality (i.e., multi-domain sensors), can be used. When installing and setting up multi-domain sensors in buildings, their location and frequency of measurements must be carefully chosen to gather the conditions that better represent the ones experienced by the occupants. This information is rarely detailed in experimental studies, and only general guidelines have been published for single-domain instrumentation. To fill this gap, this study investigates the influence of the location and frequency of measurements on the environmental measures of multi-domain sensors. The experiment, run in single and shared offices, involves the measurement of various IEQ conditions with commercial-grade devices. Results show small variations across the selected locations around the occupant, except for illuminance measurements. The results can be used by researchers interested in setting up a living laboratory or by building professionals, property owners, or building occupants interested in monitoring the buildings they design, manage, own, or occupy.
KW - Combined effects
KW - Human comfort
KW - Living lab
KW - Monitoring
KW - Sensor features
KW - Timestamp
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85192864900
T3 - Healthy Buildings Europe 2023: Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries
SP - 815
EP - 823
BT - Healthy Buildings Europe 2023
PB - International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate
Y2 - 11 June 2023 through 14 June 2023
ER -