{"id":16715,"date":"2015-04-29T13:39:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T13:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adjacentgovernment.co.uk\/?p=16715"},"modified":"2017-05-11T16:04:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T15:04:17","slug":"profile-fabric-thermal-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/profile-fabric-thermal-comfort\/16715\/","title":{"rendered":"PROFILE: The fabric of thermal comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we typically spend 90% of our time indoors or in vehicles, it\u2019s fair to say that the buildings we live, work or play in every day, have a significant impact on our comfort, health and wellbeing.<\/h3>\n

Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the sustainable habitat and construction markets, has identified five key elements that contribute to our comfort levels indoors; visual, indoor air quality, audio, economic and thermal quality. Through years of research and development of these qualities, Saint-Gobain has created and recently launched My Comfort \u2013 the Multi-Comfort building concept which delivers benefits for the environment as well as occupant wellbeing.<\/p>\n

Stacey Temprell, Residential Sector Director at Saint-Gobain, explains how thermal comfort in buildings effects health and wellbeing, the first article in a series examining each element of comfort.<\/p>\n

Buildings should provide us with a comfortable, healthy habitat in which to be successful, efficient and safe as we set about our daily routines. Our newly launched multi-comfort building concept, My Comfort, combines the highest level of thermal performance with excellent acoustics, visual comfort, superb indoor air quality and outstanding energy efficiency.<\/p>\n

My Comfort is designed to deliver comfort for everyone \u2013 in any type of building. Reduced energy usage and lower ongoing operational and maintenance costs mean you can actually save money, while enjoying all the additional long-term benefits of a futureproofed, sustainable building that gives you improved comfort, health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n

All-round comfort, at any time<\/b><\/p>\n

Within a building, various conditions are required to enable people to be comfortable, and to be able to efficiently and effectively perform tasks relevant to the space.<\/p>\n

The four factors of thermal, audio, visual and indoor air comfort are powerful tools for designing happy, health, energy efficient buildings that deliver considerable economic benefit as well as all-round positive wellbeing effects for occupants.<\/p>\n

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and recent research has shown that comfort levels in buildings can greatly increase health and productivity.<\/p>\n

When designing and constructing buildings, a holistic approach is the best way to guarantee user comfort. The Multi-Comfort concept and \u2018My Comfort\u2019 starts from the central premise that all buildings can be designed to:<\/p>\n