Abstract
The importance of a good indoor environment for peoples’ health and wellbeing is nowadays clearly established. Besides enhancing the wellbeing of building occupants and helping decrease the occurrence of building related illness, a good indoor environment can also lead to a decrease in worker complaints and absenteeism. This paper presents the results of a three-month monitoring campaign where the thermal comfort of a toll station was evaluated, including the main room and the cabins. The physical parameters required for the assessment of both global and local thermal comfort were measured and the results were compared with the thermal perception of the occupants, which was collected through questionnaires. The indoor environmental quality in the main room was better than in the cabins and a mismatch between the PMV index and the occupants thermal sensation was identified.
Highlights
The importance of a good indoor environment for peoples’ health and wellbeing is nowadays clearly established
This paper presents the results of a large fieldwork where the thermal comfort of a toll station was evaluated both by using the methodology proposed by ISO 7730 and by questionnaires
Most respondents indicated a thermal sensation of neutrality (TS = 0), especially in the morning (71% for the morning and 56% for the afternoon)
Summary
The importance of a good indoor environment for peoples’ health and wellbeing is nowadays clearly established. The indoor building environment is complex and there are varieties of factors that can influence its quality, such as thermal comfort. Besides enhancing the wellbeing of building occupants and helping decrease the occurrence of building related illness, a good indoor environment can lead to a decrease in worker complaints and absenteeism. Some studies concerning the indoor environment in toll stations were already published, but the focus is commonly only on the indoor air quality due to the atmospheric pollutants from traffic exhausts [1,2,3]. This paper presents the results of a large fieldwork where the thermal comfort of a toll station was evaluated both by using the methodology proposed by ISO 7730 and by questionnaires. The applicability of the PMV (Predicted Mean Vote) model to this kind of spaces is evaluated and discussed
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