Izmir Tunahan, Gizem;
Altamirano, Hector;
Unwin Teji, Jemima;
Ticleanu, Cosmin;
(2022)
Evaluation of Daylight Perception Assessment Methods.
Frontiers in Psychology
, 13
, Article 805796. 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.805796.
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Abstract
Daylight is an important component in maintaining human health and wellbeing and plays a key role in physiological, psychological, and behavioural regulation. Understanding the complexity of daylight perception is vital since the degree of satisfaction with daylight conditions could greatly impact individual mood, behaviour and cognitive performance. This paper aims at (1) presenting an overview of current knowledge on methods for assessing daylight perception and (2) establishing a methodology for assessing daylight perception in the context of cultural background. An experiment was conducted with 50 students who were instructed to select the best and worst seats, describe the best desks’ daylight conditions and draw boundary lines between perceived daylit and non-daylit spaces in a library. The study showed that subjective rating and seat preference methods were consistent with actual daylight levels. However, participants’ boundary lines did not represent the actual daylight availability in the space. The study suggests that individual daylight perception in the context of cultural background can be assessed using the subjective rating and seat preference methods.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Evaluation of Daylight Perception Assessment Methods |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.805796 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.805796 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2022 Izmir Tunahan, Altamirano, Unwin Teji and Ticleanu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
| Keywords: | daylight availability, daylight perception, seat preference, drawing, environmental behaviour, method evaluation |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10146672 |
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