19SA103 – ALI

19SA117 – HARSHIV
19SA119 – HIMANSHU
19SA121 – JAINAM
19SA191 – SEJAL
19SA192 – SRISHTI

AR – 2507
GREEN AND
SMART BUILDING CONCEPT
GRIIHA CRITERIA – SECTION 4
OCCUPANT COMFORT
OCCUPANT COMFORT
BRIEF

• BUILDINGS ARE DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE, AND

THOSE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH A
TASK – WHETHER IT’S RAISING A FAMILY,
RUNNING AN OFFICE, OR MANUFACTURING A
PRODUCT.
• THE BUILDING NEEDS TO KEEP PEOPLE
COMFORTABLE, EFFICIENT, HEALTHY, AND SAFE
AS THEY SET ABOUT THEIR TASK.
• OUR INTERFACE TO THE WORLD IS THROUGH
OUR SENSES: TOUCH, SIGHT, HEARING, SMELL,
AND TASTE. EACH ONE OF THESE SENSES CAN
LEAD TO A GREATER OR LESSER DEGREE OF
COMFORT.
COMFORT IS ABOUT THE PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENT IN ITS TOTALITY. THE
ISSUES WHICH ARE MOST OBVIOUSLY
ASSOCIATED WITH COMFORT ARE:

• Temperature
• Humidity
• Noise MAXIMUM
CRITERION NO. CRITERION NAME APPRAISAL TYPE
POINTS
• Light
• Smell CRITERIA - 10 VISUAL COMFORT 4 PARTLY
MANDATORY

CRITERIA - 11 THERMAL 5 PARTLY

COMFORT MANDATORY

CRITERIA - 12 INDOOR AIR 6 PARTLY

QUALITY MANDATORY

TOTAL WEIGHTAGE OF THIS SECTION 15

CRITERIA – 10 VISUAL
COMFORT
• MAINTAINING VISUAL COMFORT MEANS ENSURING
THAT PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH LIGHT FOR THEIR
ACTIVITIES, THE LIGHT HAS THE RIGHT QUALITY
AND BALANCE, AND PEOPLE HAVE GOOD VIEWS.
• THERE ARE SOME FEW FACTOR WHICH AFFECT THE
VISUAL COMFORT :
• DAY LIGHTING
• ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING
 • GOOD LIGHTING IS WELL-DISTRIBUTED, IS NOT TOO DIM OR TOO STRONG, AND
USES MINIMAL ENERGY.

DAY LIGHTING • DAY LIGHTING IS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR FOR PLEASANT INTERIOR CONDITIONS.
• WITHOUT SUFFICIENT DAY LIGHTING, PEOPLE CANNOT PERFORM WELL AND
HEALTHY.
 • LIGHT FIXTURES ("LUMINAIRES") ARE THE HARDWARE REQUIRED TO HOLD AND
OPERATE ARTIFICIAL LIGHT SOURCES.
ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING • THE PRIMARY CONCERN IN LIGHTING LAYOUT IS TO AVOID GLARE ON ACTIVITY
SURFACES. SUCH GLARE IS A RESULT OF LIGHT BOUNCING DIRECTLY INTO
USER'S EYES, RATHER THAN DIFFUSELY.
CRITERIA – 11 THERMAL
AND ACOUSTIC COMFORT
• TEMPERATURE IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT TO
THE EXPERIENCE OF COMFORT IN A SPACE.
• MAINTAINING A PERSON’S THERMAL COMFORT MEANS
ENSURING THAT THEY DON’T FEEL TOO HOT OR TOO COLD.
• ACOUSTIC COMFORT ACOUSTIC COMFORT MEANS HAVING
THE RIGHT LEVEL AND QUALITY OF NOISE TO USE THE SPACE
AS INTENDED.
• ACOUSTIC COMFORT ACOUSTIC COMFORT MEANS HAVING
THE RIGHT LEVEL AND QUALITY OF NOISE TO USE THE SPACE
AS INTENDED.
 • THERMAL COMFORT DESCRIBES A PERSON'S STATE OF MIND IN TERMS
OF WHETHER THEY FEEL TOO HOT OR TOO COLD.

THERMAL COMFORT • SOME WAYS TO KEEP PEOPLE COMFORT ARE :

• PASSIVE DESIGN TECHNIQUE
• ACTIVE DESIGN TECHNIQUE
 • PEOPLE ARE MORE PRODUCTIVE AND HAPPY WHEN THEY’RE
ACOUSTIC NOT DISTRACTED BY NOISES FROM OUTSIDE OR FROM
SURROUNDING SPACES AND OCCUPANTS.
COMFORT • ACOUSTIC COMFORT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR
SCHOOLS AND OFFICE BUILDINGS.
CRITERIA – 12 INDOOR AIR
QUALITY
• THE PRESENCE OF SMELL CAN DEEPLY AFFECT
OUR EXPERIENCES IN ONE LOCATION OR
ANOTHER.
• VENTILATION AND INFILTRATION ARE ONLY
PART OF THE ACCEPTABLE INDOOR AIR
QUALITY AND THERMAL COMFORT PROBLEM
• IMPURITIES IN AIR CAN BE AVOIDED BY
ELIMINATING THE SOURCES OF IMPURITIES,
FLUSHING OUT SPACES WITH CLEAN AIR, AND
BY FILTERING THE AIR TO REMOVE IMPURITIES.
INFERENCES
• FOR VISUAL COMFORT WE SHOULD USE MAXIMUM NATURAL
DAYLIGHT
• FOR THERMAL COMFORT WE SHOULD USE PASSIVE TECHNIQUES FOR
BETTER VENTILATION.
• FOR ACOUSTIC COMFORT WE SHOULD MAKE SPACE A BETTER NOISE
PROOF SPACE FOR BETTER QUALITY OF WORK.
• AND FOR BETTER INDOOR AIR QUALITY SOME MEASURE TO BE
TAKEN SUCH AS BETTER VENTIALTION.