PAYETTE Principal and Director of Building Science Andrea Love recently spoke at HealthSpaces on patient-centered design and thermal comfort.
There are six factors that impact thermal comfort for a person: clothing insulation, metabolic rate, air speed, humidity, air temperature, and radiant temperature. Two of those factors are controlled by the individual, but the others are all influenced by building design.
In the video below, Andrea shares our research on how these different factors affected thermal comfort and what could potentially be done to address them.
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Each year, PAYETTE embarks on a collaborative effort to make our design services accessible to local communities through the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. This year, we celebrated our 8th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service by partnering with 7 local nonprofits:
- Breaktime @breaktime
- Brighton Main Streets @brightonmainstreets
- Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition @masstpc
- The Elizabeth Peabody House @elizabethpeabodyhouse
- Greater Ashmont Main Street @greaterashmont
- Greater Grove Hall Main Streets
- Animal Protection Center of Southeastern Massachusetts @animalprotectioncenter
To learn more about each of these projects, visit the link in our bio!
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