A STUDY ON THE THERMAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE STYLE OF LIVING IN DETACHED HOUSES IN TOCHIGI PREFECTURE

摘要

The purpose of this study is to describe how residents of the detached houses in Tochigi Prefecture accept and create indoor environments during winter through the study on indoor thermal environments, senses to warmth, consciousness toward their residences. The results are shown as follows: 1)Residents of the detached houses in Tochigi put priority on the plan and commodiousness though they also acknowledge necessity of the thermal insulation of their houses. In the most of the area, residents build detached houses with their windows wide suitable for summer daylighting and ventilation. 2)As to the thermal environment, temperature went down very low ranging from 0 to 10 deg C in the morning in each rooms. Heating appliances are not so much mounted in the dressing rooms, toilets or in the kitchens except in the living rooms. People mostly mount KOTATSU in the living rooms though oil fan heaters, oil stoves, airconditioners were used supplementarily and intermittently for energy saving and safety. Temperature difference between the heated and he unheated rooms were found to be 10-15 deg C.3)Under such severe environment, we found residents kept off the cold with their clothes such amount of 1.0-2.3 clo. Some of them think enough with KOTATSU only and also few consider to improve their environment through they feel dissatisfaction.