Impact of Urban Air Pollution on Occupants' Visual Comfort, Alertness, Mood in an Office with Various Glazing Systems: An Investigation in Beijing

Chen, Xiaodong, Zhang, Xin and Du, Jiangtao ORCID: 0000-0002-4307-4398 (2018) Impact of Urban Air Pollution on Occupants' Visual Comfort, Alertness, Mood in an Office with Various Glazing Systems: An Investigation in Beijing. In: The 34th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture PLEA2018, 2018-12-10 - 2018-12-13, Hong Kong.

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Abstract

Urban air pollution is currently one of the top 10 worst pollution problems in China. It can not only worsen indoor air quality but also substantially reduce daylight availabilities in buildings, both of which are directly linked to occupants’ health and well-being. This article presents results of a winter experiment focusing on testing human performances in a daylit office room with three various glazing systems in Beijing. The impact of external air pollution on occupants’ visual comfort, alertness and mood is the research focus. Some important findings can be achieved as follows: 1) Urban air pollution can significantly reduce the indoor daylighting availability; 2) Urban air pollution would significantly affect occupants’ performances. 3) The impact varies in window glazing type and colour. Most importantly, it seems that a properly selected glazing system could mitigate the negative impact of urban air pollution on human performances.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Unspecified)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Air pollution, Visual comfort, Alertness and mood, Glazing systems, Office
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	11 Jul 2019 12:32
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 00:37
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3049402