Polina Trofimova

Ms. Polina Trofimova

University of Nottingham Ningbo China

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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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12 January 2021 in Sustainability
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Polina Trofimova
Ali CheshmehzangiAli Cheshmehzangi
Ali Cheshmehzangi
Wu DengWu Deng
Wu Deng
CHCraig Hancocok
Craig Hancocok
Maintaining a comfortable indoor environment throughout the year makes up the main part of energy consumption caused by people’s use of buildings. In recent years, China has started to integrate sustainable technologies into green building design and construction. However, some post-occupancy reports on certified buildings revealed that such integration has been perceived to prioritize energy savings over comfort. This paper aims to investigate the ability of the first Chinese zero carbon building to maintain comfortable and healthy indoor conditions in the summer season. The research implements a combination of occupant survey and on-site measurements to evaluate the occupants’ perception of the indoor environment quality (IEQ) and benchmark the measurements against relevant standards. The results from this study show that the mean summer indoor temperature was 0.9 °C above the standard limit, while on average, occupants gave a positive score to the indoor thermal environment. High contentment with the building acoustics was reported by users and supported by sensors measurements meeting the standard values. The illuminance levels were mainly maintained high with the exception of the light in one of the studied zones. Analyzing the data on occupants experiencing sick building syndromes revealed that 45.8% of respondents experienced at least one of the symptoms.

1 January 2017
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LTLlewellyn Tang
Llewellyn Tang
CCChao Chen
Chao Chen
STShu Tang
Shu Tang
ZWZhuoqian Wu
Zhuoqian Wu
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Polina Trofimova