Perceived and measured indoor environmental quality in hospitals: closing the gap. KU Leuven
The design of healthcare environments can have an impact on patients' emotions. These emotions can influence their comfort and health, and interlink with adaptation, i.e. the response to restore comfort when discomfort occurs. Adaptation affects energy use. In that context, researchers seek to develop models that predict comfort (MCP) or adaptations of indoor conditions (MAP); or try to understand the roles of the built environment (RBE) in ...