BE4050- Directed Research Projects

Faculty: Rashmin Damle

In today's world, people spend most of their time in indoor environments. The quality of indoor environment in a building space significantly impacts the comfort and wellbeing of occupants. The success of a building depends on the perception of the occupant in the indoor environment. In that context, real time measurement and assessment of the indoor environment as a post occupancy evaluation provides scope for improvement of the indoor environment and helps in meeting the original intent of the building space. Such a post occupancy evaluation becomes more important in the case of healthcare facilities. Healthcare spaces observe a wide public footfall and their occupants/patients are sensitive to the indoor environment. The current DRP deals with the post occupancy evaluation of a healthcare facility in the city of Ahmedabad which falls in hot and dry climate zone. The study will focus on analyzing environmental parameters such as temperature, relative humidity, CO2 concentration, PM concentration, daylighting, and occupant comfort collected through surveys and real time measurements. Parameters impacting the occupant’s wellbeing would then be critically assessed for improvements. The study would throw light on the most impactful parameters required to achieve the desired indoor environmental quality. The study will also provide a methodology to carry out the post occupancy assessment of healthcare facilities.