Abstract
In this paper, we present a tool dedicated to assessing life quality according to the notion of comfort which can link three aspects of noise, light, and air pollution with two aspects of thermal and odour discomfort because the beforementioned aspects are using different calculation methods of the parameters which are distinct and some of them are defined in the national or EU legislation. The authors developed a compressive database to evaluate representative quantities of energy loses. There were considered some performance indicators as: energy class, total specific energy consumption, CO2 equivalent emission index, the overall heat transfer coefficient of the building and characteristic temperatures, the corrected number of degrees days, and the duration of the heating season - at locality level.
Highlights
The term quality of life is a complex and multidisciplinary term [1] and, for this reason, it is difficult to identify and establish measurement parameters there is a great lot of interest in constantly improving the quality of life in the European Union
The software tools used for calculation are based on Geographical Information System (GIS) used for managing, analysing, and storing data and associated attributes which are spatially referenced to a specific Earth coordinates [3] recognized by each nation by legislation
The paper presents a tool dedicated to assessing life quality according to the notion of comfort which can link three aspects of noise, light, and air pollution with two aspects of thermal and odour discomfort because the beforementioned aspects are using different calculation methods of the parameters which are distinct and some of them are defined in the national or EU legislation
Summary
The term quality of life is a complex and multidisciplinary term [1] and, for this reason, it is difficult to identify and establish measurement parameters there is a great lot of interest in constantly improving the quality of life in the European Union. The factors affecting the quality of life in the environment are known [2] and are being linked in particular to the health of the person or offering sustainable welfare so they are related to the environment in which they live, and they are transformed into a simple notion of comfort/discomfort. The software tools used for calculation are based on Geographical Information System (GIS) used for managing, analysing, and storing data and associated attributes which are spatially referenced to a specific Earth coordinates [3] recognized by each nation by legislation. For the pollution calculation vector images (containing points, lines, or polygons) are used and, for representation support, raster images are used. In the following chapters we will present some of the specific parameters for acoustic comfort, air quality, and energy performance
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