In 2004 the first adaptive thermal comfort guideline was introduced in the Netherlands. Recently a new, upgraded version of this ISSO 74 (ATG) guideline has been developed. The new requirements are hybrid in nature as the 2014 version of the guideline combines elements of traditional non-adaptive comfort …

Despite the increasing virtualization of work and associated new working methods, many people still use the office as their main place to do work. The office is also a place where the worker spends a lot of time. But what are the actual the working conditions for office workers? And how do employees …

Worldhotel Grand Winston, onderdeel van Worldhotels is een zakenhotel in Rijswijk waar jaarlijks meer dan veertienduizend zakelijke gasten verblijven. Sommige van deze gasten zijn niet tevreden over hun verblijf zoals blijkt op hotelbeoordelingsinternetsites. Het management van het hotel wil weten waar …

Lezing over het onderzoek van het Kenniscentrum NoorderRuimte (Hanzehogeschool Groningen) naar energiebesparing in woningen in Franeker. Gehouden bij de Bewonersbijeenkomst werkgroep Energieke Restauratie Franeker (wERF) op 24 september 2014.

Thermal comfort is determined by the combined effect of the six thermal comfort parameters: temperature, air moisture content, thermal radiation, air relative velocity, personal activity and clothing level as formulated by Fanger through his double heat balance equations. In conventional air conditioning …

This paper explores the impact of the physical and social dimensions of the work environment on  satisfaction and perceived productivity of knowledge workers in Dutch universities of applied sciences. The approach took the form of a literature review, multiple case study of six research centres using …

Knowledge workers share two basic needs: their productivity requires isolation (internalization of knowledge) and interaction (externalization of knowledge), supported by different spatial concepts. None of the work environments involved in the study adequately support all of the phases in the knowledge …

Woningen uit de jaren 1945 t/m 1974 zijn vrijwel ongeïsoleerd gebouwd en voldoen niet aan de huidige eisen. Deze eisen/regelgeving, met betrekking tot de energieprestaties van de woning, zijn ongeveer in 1998 op gang gekomen. Woningen werden van spouwisolatie voorzien en er werd dubbelglas toegepast …

Thermal comfort is determined by the combined effect of the six thermal comfort parameters: temperature, air moisture content, thermal radiation, air relative velocity, personal activity and clothing level as formulated by Fanger through his double heat balance equations. In conventional air conditioning …

Not much is known about the favourable indoor air conditions in long term care facilities (ltcf’s), where older adults suffering from dementia live. Due to the decrease in cognition function, it is hard to evaluate comfort and health in this group. Nevertheless, infectious diseases are a persistent problem. …