Abstract
This paper presents the results of analysis by using Kansei Enineering as a technique for evaluating the thermal environments. We carried out an experiment to measure the effect of dehumidification under the different room temperature in the climatic chamber. The subjective evaluation based on five factors of thermal sensation were made of a change in humidity and temperature using semantic differential method to examine impressions of static design. The correlations among the subjective evaluation results and humidity and temperature were then analyzed by a multivariate analysis method.
The subjective evaluations of several conditions were plotted on plane with the five factors of thermal sensation. When the temperature is less than 30°C, the dehumidification influenced the subjective evaluation greatly. As the temperature is from 26°C to 30°C, the subjective evaluation about “Comfort” and “Hot/Cold” were changed on a large scale by dehumidifying from 80% to 45%. The result of analysis using quantification method of the first type showed the relationship between the environmental parameters and the words that used semantic differential method for evaluating the thermal environment.
This study suggests that there are correlations between the subjective evaluation results and some environmental parameters.
