Surveyed Thermal Comfort in Iranian Offices

This paper presents the findings of a short-term monitoring exercise and questionnaire surveyto assess the thermal comfort conditions actually being achieved in 6 Iranian Office buildings.The findings of the questionnaire and monitoring are compared to give confidence that thequestionnaire is accurately reflecting the calculated comfort conditions obtained from thephysically monitoring and site observations. The perceived thermal comfort conditions for thebuildings are then compared with current thermal comfort standards to ascertain whether thereis potential for improvement.The results from this study indicate that there is a good agreement between the monitoringand the questionnaire for the majority of the offices. The results also show that there appearsto be room for significant improvement in thermal comfort conditions in a number of the CaseStudies. These findings will be used as part of further work to explore how we might improvethe thermal conditions through improvements to the Offices fabric design.