2020 Volume 85 Issue 773 Pages 503-509
While focusing on the behavior of detached housing residents in their efforts to obtain warmth by using audio-visual stimuli etc., we investigated the relationship between the mitigation of thermal discomfort and the improvement of the overall sense of comfort. This included not only physical effects, such as the perceived temperature, but also the psychological effects felt through visual and auditory sensations.
After a study on the behavior of detached housing residents in Kyoto related to cooling, Fukusaka et al. (2014) clarified that the subjects were obtaining coolness through both physical and psychological effects. We also investigated the hypothesis that residents were expanding their tolerance of thermal discomfort through their behavior to obtain coolness actively. Based on questions relating to consciousness, values, and endurance in regard to a cold environment for the detached housing residents in Kyoto, Fukusaka and Matsubara (2016) categorized 4 groups based on 2 components: "the degree of emphasis and the sense of values regarding environmental protection, tradition and seasons, " and "the degree of endurance in regard to a cold environment."
In this study, we studied whether or not the data obtained in Hiroshima and Aichi showed similar results, compared with those from Kyoto. The following items were clarified.
1. This study was conducted using two principal components. First, we studied "the degree of emphasis and the sense of values regarding environmental protection, tradition and seasons," and secondly, we studied "the degree of tolerance and endurance in regard to a cold environment." The study was conducted in 3 local regions, and we confirmed the validity of the categorization in all 3 regions, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Aichi.
2. Detached housing residents in all 3 regions were categorized in 4 groups according to the 2 principal components, and the characteristic features of the 4 groups were reviewed in regard to how they obtained warmth.
3.Based on this study of detached housing residents in Kyoto, Hiroshima and Aichi, we consider that studies on how subjects obtain warmth will provide important clues to understanding the diversity of life in any region.
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