eprintid: 10205974
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datestamp: 2025-03-13 15:41:27
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sword_depositor: 699
creators_name: Dicle, Seda Yuksel
creators_name: Aletta, Francesco
creators_name: Kang, Jian
title: A framework for developing adaptive acoustic comfort: Insights from expert interviews
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F34
keywords: Acoustic comfort, 
Adaptation, 
Tolerance, 
Thematic analysis, 
Expert interviews, 
Qualitative
note: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
abstract: The ability of individuals to adapt to environmental conditions, known as environmental adaptation, reflects their capacity to modify behaviors and physical surroundings to better align with external demands. In thermal comfort assessments, this adaptation process is evaluated using the adaptive thermal comfort model. Similarly, the relationship between individuals’ adaptability and their perception of acoustic environments is also considered to play a significant role in acoustic comfort assessments. Based on this foundation, this study investigates the development and assessment of an adaptive acoustic comfort model, following on its initial definition: “a model that relates indoor acoustic conditions to outdoor ones, moderated by other environmental, contextual, and personal factors.” Through expert interviews, the research aims to develop a preliminary framework for assessing adaptive acoustic comfort, highlighting the importance of environmental adaptation and user tolerance. This framework includes the identification of assessment methods, acoustic indicators, and adaptive model variables necessary for testing the model’s existence and effectiveness in acoustic evaluations. By examining acoustic comfort from an adaptive perspective, the study recommends evaluating indoor acoustic comfort in relation to outdoor conditions. To capture variability in user responses, it suggests having real-world data alongside laboratory studies using specific acoustic indicators. Additionally, the model framework emphasizes the necessity of evaluating personal, environmental, and building-related variables through various developed adaptive models.
date: 2025-05-14
date_type: published
publisher: Elsevier BV
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110642
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2369256
doi: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110642
lyricists_name: Aletta, Francesco
lyricists_id: FALET55
actors_name: Aletta, Francesco
actors_id: FALET55
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Applied Acoustics
volume: 235
article_number: 110642
issn: 0003-682X
citation:        Dicle, Seda Yuksel;    Aletta, Francesco;    Kang, Jian;      (2025)    A framework for developing adaptive acoustic comfort: Insights from expert interviews.                   Applied Acoustics , 235     , Article 110642.  10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110642 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2025.110642>.       Green open access   
 
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