INVESTIGATION OF WORKERS’ ADJUSTMENT BEHAVIORS AND THERMAL COMFORT IN OFFICE (PART 1): FIELD SURVEY OF A ZEB READY GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN COLD REGION WITH AIR-CONDITIONER IN THE FIRST YEAR AFTER COMPLETION DURING SUMMER

This study aimed to examine the detailed workers’ adjustment behaviors during summer and the impact of the behaviors on thermal comfort. We investigated of thermal environment and thermal comfort in a newly constructed ZEB Ready government building in Taiki, Hokkaido during summer. The result that workers’ adjustment behaviors were implemented in 85.0%. In addition, workers’ adjustment behaviors improved thermal comfort, even in high performance buildings. However, it was also found that there are issues with the operational policies and how to implement workers’ adjustment behaviors. This suggested the importance of the building environment education to workers.