@article {1861, title = {Subject Response to Electrochromic Windows}, journal = {Energy and Buildings}, volume = {38}, number = {7}, year = {2006}, month = {07/2006}, pages = {758-779}, chapter = {758}, abstract = {

Forty-three subjects worked in a private office with switchable electrochromic windows, manually-operated Venetian blinds, and dimmable fluorescent lights. The electrochromic window had a visible transmittance range of approximately 3-60\%. Analysis of subject responses and physical data collected during the work sessions showed that the electrochromic windows reduced the incidence of glare compared to working under a fixed transmittance (60\%) condition. Subjects used the Venetian blinds less often and preferred the variable transmittance condition, but used slightly more electric lighting with it than they did when window transmittance was fixed.

}, keywords = {Electrochromic windows, energy use, Subjective response, Venetian blind use}, doi = {10.1016/j.enbuild.2006.03.011}, author = {Robert D. Clear and Vorapat Inkarojrit and Eleanor S. Lee} }