Assessment on the expectation for built environment usage and its influencing factors during the pandemic

Abstract

A vital question of how citizens expect to use the built environment is not fully addressed. This study aims to contribute to this question from the indoor and outdoor usage expectation. The potential influencing factors are examined via survey along with the meteorological data obtained from weather bureau. This study provides that the current location and the duration of indoor-stay serve as the influencing factors of the indoor and outdoor usage expectation. The indoor and outdoor usage expectation has an obvious influence on the thermal sensitivity of thermal environment. People who expect to use the outdoor environment showed the least thermal sensitivity, 42.3% weaker than those who do not expect to use. These findings help providing further understanding of the citizens’ thermal expectation and their thermal responses during the post-pandemic period.