University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. June 2009. Major: Business Administration. Advisors: Alok Gupta, Gediminas Adomavicius. 1 computer fie (PDF); ix, 134 pages, appendices 1-4. Ill. (some col.)

The users’ perceptions of thermal comfort in 36 sustainable commercial and institutional buildings in 11 countries have been investigated. This paper describes and analyses the users’ overall perceptions of temperature and of air quality in both summer and winter, and in particular whether...