Thermal sensory environment and human behavior in the system of indoor living spaces

The object of this study was to provide a planological survey of the environment of houses, making use of ethological observation and analysis on human contact between behaviour indoors and that in the immediate outdoor surroundings of the dwellings. The means by which this study was conducted, based on the response to the thermal environment, is particularly unique.The method and results of the study will develop the new field of planology, which is expected to relate environmental engineering with planning, especially planning of residential districts, urban facilities, etc.