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occupants actively adapt their environment and themselves to improve
comfort. They normally do so in the most convenient and effective ways
and only once a “crisis of discomfort” has occurred (Haigh, 1981). Because
these adaptations may have a significant effect on energy use (e.g., window
opening on heating or cooling and blind-closing on electric lighting),
comfortandenergyaretightlylinked.Assuch,maintainingcomfortthrough
careful building design and operation should be considered throughout the
building life cycle. Readers are encouraged to refer to the case studies of this
book ( Chapter 7 ) for examples of occupant comfort and design for comfort;
particularly the ENERPOS case study, which owes much of its success to
achieving comfortable conditions with very low energy use.
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