Thermal Comfort Field Study Based on Adaptive Comfort Theory in Non-residential Buildings

Indoor comfort has changed over the last years. Firstly, the key was the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) inside a building but lately it shift away from IAQ towards greater expectations related to overall subjects’ comfort. However, there should be a consistent and well-balanced relation between comfort and energy consumption due to the results on the environment, especially on climate change. This paper exposes a methodology to develop a field study in a non-residential building, based on adaptive comfort theory, which take into account the above desirable objectives.