A Study on the Estimate of Thermal Environment and the Subjective Responses of the Aged during Summer in the Welfare Facilities -Focused on the Welfare Facilities for the Aged in Taegu-

노인복지시설의 하절기 실내 온열환경과 노인의 주관적 반응평가에 관한 연구 -대구광역시 소재 노인복지시설을 중심으로

The purpose of this study was to find out the present condition of indoor thermal environment and to investigate the environmental needs of the elderly through the measurement of outdoor and indoor physical thermal environment elements and the questionary survey of the response to thermal environment in two welfare facilities for the aged in Taegu during summer in 2001. The 38 residents among the total of 134 residents were asked to record their feelings. The result of this study was as follows. The indoor thermal environment in the facilities subjected leer this study was seemed to be comfortable comparatively. But the values of mean indoor temperature measured were about 1.6-1.8$^{\circ}C$ higher than that of a existing domestic research suggested as thermal comfort zones for the elderly during summer, and most residents fe1t somewhat hot in inner space. And the value of indoor relative humidity in one facility was out from the range of comfort humidity(40-70%). Also there were differences by the geographical location between the two.