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Comfort Assessment

We deliver a comprehensive evaluation of indoor and outdoor spaces to identify the factors that influence thermal comfort, wellbeing, and usability.

Our approach focuses on how temperature, humidity, airflow, radiation, materials, microclimate, and spatial configuration affect the real comfort experience of occupants.
 
The outcome is a set of tailored, context-specific measures that improve wellbeing, reduce discomfort, and enhance the quality of everyday use — both in controlled interiors and semi-open or outdoor environments.

  • Phase 1 — Preliminary Assessment

    1. Needs & Objectives Interview
    We begin with a structured conversation to understand your comfort challenges: overheating, cold drafts, glare, humidity discomfort, transitional discomfort, poor airflow, spatial stress, or microclimate issues.

    2. Initial Site Visit
    We analyse the context of the space: orientation, shading, materials, envelope behaviour, airflow paths, solar exposure, transitions between inside and outside, and how users occupy the space.

    3. Approach & Measurement Plan
    We define which comfort indicators must be measured (temperature, humidity, air velocity, radiant temperatures, comfort indices, microclimate variables) and establish the methodology and timeline.

    Phase 2 — Diagnostic

    4. Measurements & Data Collection
    We collect objective environmental data, including:

    • air temperature & operative temperature

    • humidity and dew point

    • air movement and ventilation effectiveness

    • radiant asymmetry & surface temperatures

    • thermal behaviour of materials and envelopes

    • outdoor microclimate (sun, shade, wind, vegetation effects)

    • performance of transitional or intermediate spaces

    6. Data Analysis
    We analyse how these variables interact to affect comfort in daily and seasonal cycles, identifying issues such as:

    • overheating or cold zones

    • stagnant or excessive air movement

    • sharp temperature gradients

    • radiant discomfort

    • poor microclimatic moderation in outdoor/semi-outdoor spaces

    • envelope surfaces that contribute to discomfort

    7. Diagnostic
    We synthesise all findings into a clear diagnosis that identifies the real sources of discomfort — environmental, spatial, or operational — and determines where interventions will have the most impact.

    Phase 3 — Strategies

    8. Development of Proposals
    We create targeted comfort-improvement strategies tailored to your building and users. These may include:

    • airflow and natural ventilation improvements

    • passive cooling and passive warming strategies

    • shading, canopy, and microclimate solutions

    • use of intermediate spaces as comfort buffers

    • surface temperature management

    • behavioural and operational adjustments

    • vegetation-based comfort strategies outdoors

    • design guidelines for transitional comfort between environments

    9. Presentation
    We present the recommended measures, compare alternatives, and explain the expected comfort improvements.

    10. Deliverable
    You receive a complete, ready-to-implement document including:

    • diagnostic summary

    • environmental data and analysis

    • comfort improvement measures

    • priority levels

    • expected comfort impact

    • implementation roadmap

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