EFFECT OF POWER SAVING MEASURES ON COMFORT, PRODUCTIVITY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION

• IWAHASHI Yuko

  Former Graduate Student, Dept. of Architecture, Waseda University, M. Eng.

• TANABE Shin-ichi

  Prof., Dept. of Architecture, Waseda University, Dr. Eng.

• TSUSHIMA Sayana

  Doctoral Course Graduate Student, Dept. of Architecture, Waseda University, M. Eng.

• NISHIHARA Naoe

  Lecturer, Dept. of Education, University of the Sacred Heart, Ph. D.

• HIRAOKA Masaya

  Kajima Corporation

• KOMODA Hideharu

  Kajima Corporation

• TABUCHI Seiichi

  Kajima Corporation

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 節電対策が快適性・知的生産性・省エネルギー性に与える影響
• 節電対策が快適性・知的生産性・省エネルギー性に与える影響 : 東日本大震災後の節電環境下におけるオフィス実態調査に関する研究
• セツデン タイサク ガ カイテキセイ ・ チテキ セイサンセイ ・ ショウエネルギーセイ ニ アタエル エイキョウ : ヒガシニホン ダイシンサイ ゴ ノ セツデン カンキョウ カ ニ オケル オフィス ジッタイ チョウサ ニ カンスル ケンキュウ
• Research on the field survey of office buildings under power saving after the Great East Japan Earthquake
• 東日本大震災後の節電環境下におけるオフィス実態調査に関する研究

Abstract

The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami which occurred on March 11, 2011 caused widespread damage and electricity shortage. So the Japanese government has directed large-scale electricity users to curb their consumption by 15 percent of what they used last summer. However, excessive saving electricity forces office workers to be patient, and it can lead to productivity decline. In this study, the field survey and questionnaire survey were conducted in six buildings saving on electricity to study the indoor environment, the workers' productivity and energy conservation. As a result, it was found that the rise of temperature leads to the sharp decline of productivity and comfort, and that power saving of lighting made less dissatisfaction for office workers and reduced more electric energy than turning up the air conditioning. Office workers can keep productivity if there are no dissatisfactions for them. Therefore, lowering illuminance is found to be more effective for saving electricity than turning up the air conditioning.

Journal

• Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ)

  Journal of Environmental Engineering (Transactions of AIJ) 79 (704), 901-908, 2014

  Architectural Institute of Japan

Keywords

• <i>Power saving</i>
• <i>lighting</i>
• <i>Air conditioning</i>
• <i>Comfort</i>
• <i>Productivity</i>
• <i>Field survey</i>

Details

• CRID: 1390001205202307840
• NII Article ID: 130004701720
• NII Book ID: AA11830377
• DOI: 10.3130/aije.79.901
• ISSN: 1881817X
• ISSN: 13480685
• NDL BIB ID: 025846874
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I025846874
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/aije/79/704/79_901/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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