A Study on the Evaluation of Classroom Environmental Comfort in Colleges and Universities from the Perspective of Human Factors Engineering

Abstract

The environmental comfort in university classrooms affects learners' cognitive efficiency and physical/mental state however most evaluations are restricted by comparing single physical parameter threshold without considering the mechanisms of human factors. From the perspective of human factors engineering this research includes three aspects such as theoretical construction, model design and mechanism analysis. Based on the integration of sensory thresholds, cognitive load and environmental stress theories, we established a progressive analytical framework and analyzed the interactive coupling characteristics between four types of environmental factors; developed a three-level tree-structured evaluation index system and a fuzzy preference weight aggregation strategy which can be used to construct a comprehensive evaluation mechanism that integrates both objective data-driven and subjective correction; Analyzing the pathway of factor transmissions via the stimulus-organism-response paradigm revealed the dynamic shaping effect of climate adaptation and behavior patterns on comfort needs so as to provide systematic theoretical tools and methodological supports for evaluating university classroom environment.