L'ambiomètre : un outil de mesure du confort d'ambiance dans les bureaux (The Ambiometer : a sensor for the ambient comfort in offices)

The ambiometer is a tool that allows both the recording of physical parameters of comfort and sensations of the occupant.The method developed is based on field investigations of four components of comfort : thermal, acoustic, visual and olfactory components : the experiment comfort parameters are recorded with the Ambiometer and the occupant gives his own feeling on each comfort parameter and on overall comfort.A database including those physical and perceptive parameters of comfort has been made, information was collected from about sixty offices. Then a data analysis allowed the qualiffication of the indoor climate, and the knowledge of the occupant's expectations.