ABSTRACT
This paper consist of two parts. The first reviews perceptions of thermal comfort in ten Australian office buildings. The second describes some experiences with a suite of offices that are ventilated through windows and doors but are provided with equipment that permits user controlled on-demand cooling and heating. Observations of use of available thermal control options in this building are interpreted to suggest reasons for high levels of dissatisfaction as recorded from the eight air conditioned office buildings described in the first part.
