Comfort assessment in an office building in Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

A historical office building was refurbished in Budapest a few years ago. An energy audit was made in the renovated building. During the energy audit a comfort questionnaire was prepared in order to assess the occupants’ opinion about comfort parameters. The questionnaire was filled out by 65 employees. Using the questionnaire the occupant opinion on comfort conditions, as well as operational information and complaints can be gathered. During the energy audit the air temperature was measured by dataloggers in different places to collect real temperature data. The paper presents the developed comfort questionnaire, the results of the occupant comfort survey and the temperature measurements and how these can be considered during the elaboration of recommended interventions.