Abstract

CHIRIBOGA REYES, Jorge; PEREZ ALARCON, Elizabeth  and  SANTAMARIA CARRERA, Jorge. Perceptions of comfort in a historic building for educational use case study: Faculty of Economics - Universidad Central del Ecuador. Novasinergia [online]. 2021, vol.4, n.1, pp.74-90.  Epub June 01, 2021. ISSN 2631-2654.  https://doi.org/10.37135/ns.01.07.04.

Abstract: The article analyzes the comfort perceptions of the students who attend Building "A" of the Faculty of Economic Sciences - Central University of Ecuador. The problem lies in knowing if this building meets the current demands of environmental, psychological, functional comfort, and energy efficiency. It is a descriptive study whose objective was to evaluate the perceptions of the variables mentioned in the problem. A Likert-type survey was applied to a sample of students. The level of confidence and margin of error were 95% and 7%, respectively. The Relative Importance Index and Chi2 were used for information processing. It was determined that the environmental and psychological conditions are more comfortable in the outdoor environment. However, the indoor environment is preferred to carry out academic activities. Factors that affect comfort in decreasing order are indoor academic activities, outdoor natural lighting, meeting and dialogue spaces. The discomfort variables were unpleasant noises and odors. Regarding the physical space, the building complies with the regulated capacity. The students' perceptions are favorable regarding the variables studied in the building. In conclusion, the building offers comfort in the components analyzed.

Keywords : Comfort perception; environments; energy efficiency; environmental comfort; habitability; psychological comfort.

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