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The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales

Schweiker M 1 , Abdul-Zahra A 2 , André M 3 , Al-Atrash F 4 , Al-Khatri H 5 , Alprianti RR 6 Show all authors , Alsaad H 7 , Amin R 8 , Ampatzi E 9 , Arsano AY 10 , Azadeh M 11 , Azar E 12 , Bahareh B 13 , Batagarawa A 14 , Becker S 15 , Buonocore C 16 , Cao B 17 , Choi JH 18 , Chun C 19 , Daanen H 20 , Damiati SA 6 , Daniel L 21 , Vecchi R 3 , Dhaka S 22 , Domínguez-Amarillo S 23 , Dudkiewicz E 24 , Edappilly LP 25 , Fernández-Agüera J 23 , Folkerts M 20 , Frijns A 26 , Gaona G 27 , Garg V 28 , Gauthier S 8 , Jabbari SG 29 , Harimi D 30 , Hellwig RT 31 , Huebner GM 32 , Jin Q 33 , Jowkar M 34 , Kania R 25 , Kim J 35 , King N 12 , Kingma B 36 , Koerniawan MD 6 , Kolarik J 37 , Kumar S 38 , Kwok A 39 , Lamberts R 3 , Laska M 24 , Lee MCJ 40 , Lee Y 19 , Lindermayr V 41 , Mahaki M 42 , Marcel-Okafor U 43 , Marín-Restrepo L 44 , Marquardsen A 45 , Martellotta F 46 , Mathur J 38 , McGill G 47 , Mino-Rodriguez I 48 , Mou D 17 , Moujalled B 49 , Nakajima M 50 , Ng E 51 , Okafor M 52 , Olweny M 53 , Ouyang W 54 , Papst de Abreu AL 55 , Pérez-Fargallo A 56 , Rajapaksha I 57 , Ramos G 3 , Rashid S 58 , Reinhart CF 10 , Rivera MI 39 , Salmanzadeh M 42 , Schakib-Ekbatan K 15 , Schiavon S 50 , Shooshtarian S 59 , Shukuya M 60 , Soebarto V 20 , Suhendri 6 , Tahsildoost M 61 , Tartarini F 62 , Teli D 8 , Tewari P 38 , Thapa S 63 , Trebilcock M 64 , Trojan J 65 , Tukur RB 14 , Voelker C 7 , Yam Y 66 , Yang L 67 , Zapata-Lancaster G 68 , Zhai Y 67 , Zhu Y 17 , Zomorodian ZS 61

Affiliations 

  • 1 Building Science Group, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Englerstr. 7, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany. marcel.schweiker@kit.edu
  • 2 Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Technology, Iraq, Al sinaea, 10066, Baghdad, Iraq
  • 3 CTC/Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Rua João Pio Duarte Silva, s/n. Córrego Grande, 88.040-901, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
  • 4 School of Architecture and Built Environment, German Jordanian University, Darat Othman Bdeir, 11180, Amman, Jordan
  • 5 Civil and Architectural Engineering Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod, P.O. Box: 33, PC: 123, Muscat, Oman
  • 6 Laboratory of Building Technology, Department of Architecture, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Ganesha 10, 40132, Bandung, Indonesia
  • 7 Department of Building Physics, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Coudraystr. 11A, 99423, Weimar, Germany
  • 8 Energy & Climate Change Group, Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, University Road, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, United Kingdom
  • 9 Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, King Edward VII Avenue, CF10 3NB, Cardiff, United Kingdom
  • 10 Department of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Ave, 02139, Cambridge, United States of America
  • 11 Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, BNE Research Centre, Coventry University, Gulson road, CV1 2JH, Coventry, United Kingdom
  • 12 Industrial and Systems Engineering, Khalifa University, Masdar Campus, Building 1B, 54224, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • 13 Architecture, University of Tehran, Kish International Campus, Niyayesh St., Mirmohanna Blvd, 79416-55665, Kish, Iran
  • 14 Department of Architecture, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria
  • 15 WIN-Kolleg Thermal comfort and pain, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Karlstr. 4, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
  • 16 CTC/Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Campus Trindade, 88040-970, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
  • 17 Department of Building Science, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Shuangqing Road, 100084, Beijing, China
  • 18 School of Architecture, University of Southern California, 850 Bloom Walk, Watt Hall 204, 90089-0291, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
  • 19 Department of Interior Architecture and Built Environment, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, 03722, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 20 Department of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 21 School of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, 5005, Adelaide, Australia
  • 22 Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Survey#64, 500084, Hyderabad, India
  • 23 Instituto Universitario de Arquitectura y Ciencias de la Construcción, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad de Sevilla, Avenida de Reina Mercedes, 2, 41012, Sevilla, Spain
  • 24 Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrz. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland
  • 25 Building Science Group, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Englerstr. 7, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 26 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Groene Loper 3, 5612AE, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
  • 27 Departamento de recursos hídricos y ciencias ambientales, Universidad de Cuenca, Av. 12 de Abril, 10203, Cuenca, Ecuador
  • 28 Centre for IT in Building Science, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Gachibowli, 500032, Hyderabad, India
  • 29 Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Tabriz Islamic Art University, Azadi, 5164736931, Tabriz, Iran
  • 30 Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  • 31 Architecture, Design and Media Technology, Aalborg University, Rendsburggade 14, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark
  • 32 Energy Institute, University College London, 14 Upper Woburn Place, WC1H 0NN, London, United Kingdom
  • 33 Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sven Hultins gata 6, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • 34 Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, Coventry University, Gulson road, CV1 2JH, Coventry, United Kingdom
  • 35 School of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney, Wilkinson Bldg G04, 2006, Sydney, Australia
  • 36 Training and Performance Optimization, The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Sciences, Kampweg 55, 3769 DE, Soesterberg, The Netherlands
  • 37 Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Brovej 118, 2800, Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark
  • 38 Centre for Energy and Environment, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), JLN Marg, 302006, Jaipur, India
  • 39 Department of Architecture, College of Design, University of Oregon, 1206 University of Oregon, 97403, Eugene, United States of America
  • 40 Department of Interior Design, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, 129, Sec. 3, Sanmin Road, 40401, Taichung, Taiwan
  • 41 Energy Efficiency Design, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, An der Hochschule 1, 86161, Augsburg, Germany
  • 42 Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Jomhouri, 76169133, Kerman, Iran
  • 43 Architecture, Federal Polytechnic, Polytechnic Road, 460262, Nekede, Nigeria
  • 44 Faculty of Architecture, Construction and Design, University of Bio-Bio, Avda Collao 1202, 4081112, Concepcion, Chile
  • 45 Department of Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau, Fortstraße 7, 76829, Landau, Germany
  • 46 Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ingegneria Civile e dell'Architettura, Politecnico di Bari, Via Orabona, 4, 70125, Bari, Italy
  • 47 Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit, Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, G3 6RQ, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • 48 Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, United Kingdom
  • 49 Project-team BPE, Cerema, 46 Rue St Théobald, 38081, L'Isle d'Abeau, France
  • 50 Center for the Built Environment (CBE), University of California, Berkeley, 232 Wurster Hall #1800, 94720, Berkeley, United States of America
  • 51 School of Architecture, Institute of Future Cities, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China
  • 52 Architecture, Imo State University, Samek Road, 460222, Owerri, Nigeria
  • 53 Faculty of the Built Environment, Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, Uganda
  • 54 School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China
  • 55 Department of Civil Construction, Federal Institute of Santa Catarina, Av. Mauro Ramos, 950 - Centro, 88.020-300, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
  • 56 Department of Building Science, University of Bio-Bio, Avda Collao 1202, 4081112, Concepcion, Chile
  • 57 Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, 10400, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
  • 58 Department of Building Physics/Low Energy Buildings, Technical University Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich-Straße 29, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • 59 Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University, Swanston, 3000, Melbourne, Australia
  • 60 Department of Restoration Ecology and Built Environment, Tokyo City University, Ushikubo-Nishi 3-3-1, 224-8551, Yokohama, Japan
  • 61 Department of construction, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, 1983969411, Tehran, Iran
  • 62 Sustainable Buildings Research Centre, University of Wollongong, Squires Way, 237, 2500, Wollongong, Australia
  • 63 Department of Environmental Studies, Salesian College, 734219, Sonada, Darjeeling, India
  • 64 Department of Architectural Theory and Design, University of Bio-Bio, Avda Collao 1202, 4081112, Concepción, Chile
  • 65 Akademie für angewandte Bewegungswissenschaften gGmbH, Walter-Krause-Str. 11, 68163, Mannheim, Germany
  • 66 Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China
  • 67 School of Architecture, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Yanta Road, 710055, Xi'an, China
  • 68 Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, King Edward VII Av., CF10 3NB, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Sci Data, 2019 11 26;6(1):289.
PMID: 31772199 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-019-0272-6

Abstract

Thermal discomfort is one of the main triggers for occupants' interactions with components of the built environment such as adjustments of thermostats and/or opening windows and strongly related to the energy use in buildings. Understanding causes for thermal (dis-)comfort is crucial for design and operation of any type of building. The assessment of human thermal perception through rating scales, for example in post-occupancy studies, has been applied for several decades; however, long-existing assumptions related to these rating scales had been questioned by several researchers. The aim of this study was to gain deeper knowledge on contextual influences on the interpretation of thermal perception scales and their verbal anchors by survey participants. A questionnaire was designed and consequently applied in 21 language versions. These surveys were conducted in 57 cities in 30 countries resulting in a dataset containing responses from 8225 participants. The database offers potential for further analysis in the areas of building design and operation, psycho-physical relationships between human perception and the built environment, and linguistic analyses.

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