Abstract The aim of this research was to assess the reliability of occupants' verbalised thoughts and experiences of environmental conditions for objective environmental condition assessment. This research was based on the Integral Sustainable Design approach and included concurrent think-aloud method and environmental measurements at participants indicated most intense temperature, air movement, sound, lighting and preferred place to study (PPS) locations. The results showed that parameters of the most intense environmental places were significantly higher or lower than PPS. Participants' experiences of the most intense environmental places as intensely high and low, compared to PPS, was generally mirrored by differences in measured environmental parameters between the two sets of places. Findings show that, in this case, human sensors of environmental conditions are reliable. The think-aloud method revealed that participants considered multiple environmental parameters of PPS concurrently and made trade-offs that prioritised the studying task. Future studies might consider integrating first-person reporting with building operation and maintenance functions to improve efficiency without compromising occupants’ preferences, satisfaction and comfort.

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人类环境“传感器”的可靠性：来自第一人称和第三人称方法的证据

摘要 本研究的目的是评估居住者对环境条件的口头表达思想和经验的可靠性，以进行客观的环境条件评估。这项研究基于整体可持续设计方法，包括同时进行的大声思考方法和对参与者进行的环境测量，表明最强烈的温度、空气流动、声音、照明和首选学习地点 (PPS) 位置。结果表明，最强烈环境场所的参数显着高于或低于PPS。与 PPS 相比，参与者对最强烈的环境地点的体验，如强烈的高和低，通常反映在两组地方之间测量的环境参数的差异上。调查结果表明，在这种情况下，环境条件的人体传感器是可靠的。大声思考的方法表明，参与者同时考虑了 PPS 的多个环境参数，并权衡了学习任务的优先级。未来的研究可能会考虑将第一人称报告与建筑运营和维护功能相结合，以在不影响住户偏好、满意度和舒适度的情况下提高效率。