The effects of daylighting and human behavior on luminous comfort in residential buildings: A questionnaire survey

Daylight Within a Room in the Eyes of Architecture Students

“…However, no statistically significant difference was found on perception, preferences and knowledge results between females and men in this study. Although some other researches, who carried out surveys on feelings on luminous comfort did not find the gender-related statistical difference (Xue et al, 2014), it is still a matter to investigate more thoroughly. Also, to ensure objectiveness, the participants were students from three different universities yet, this fact was not analysed further.…”

An evaluation of the lighting environment in the public space of shopping centres

“…In the office, there is no significant difference amongst age groups regarding visual satisfaction [10]; The satisfaction with lighting of those workers occupying stations closer to the windows was significantly higher than those located in the core areas; However, gender elicited a difference in the evaluation of satisfaction with lighting only in the core areas and men's ratings were higher than the women's [11]; Significant gender differences were observed for mean satisfaction level with each indoor environmental quality factor based on data from office buildings [12]; User satisfaction revealed significant differences in illuminance level in different workstation locations in modern offices located in Southern California [13]. In Hong Kong housing units, no significant difference was found between males and females, however, distinct differences were found amongst age groups in satisfaction evaluation, and the elders' ratings were the highest [14]. Using nonparametric statistics, the differences among schools and between genders were studied based on physical measurements and a questionnaire survey in 28 classrooms in seven Italian primary schools [15].…”

“…Some studies about office buildings show that there is no significant difference amongst various age groups, and significant difference is found between different genders in core office areas, but not from those closer to the windows [10,11]. A study in Hong Kong housing units showed that there is significant difference amongst various age groups, but not between males and females [14]. Table 3 The differences among different population groups.…”

Achieving energy and cost savings through simple daylighting control in tropical historic buildings

“…Lighting is vital for human activities and can affect awareness, comfort and emotional state. In short, the lighting performance is related to human psychology [8,10,16,29,32,33].…”