Analysis of human behavior in everyday life's contexts, for the development of new technologies, in support of the improvement of life quality and well-being.

The research has focused on aspects that have a direct impact on Indoor Environmental Quality, that are linked with the concept of comfort and are related to different aspects of human behavior in everyday life’s contexts. The research question is “Is it possible to create the right comfort, minimizing the user's activity when he/she is searching for it?” We focused on temperature and, in this regard, we built a checklist that can help collecting data about the different reactions a user has when feeling uncomfortable with the indoor environment around him/her. We collected n.280 checklists in various indoor environments until now. In view of Ambient Assisted Living, we contacted n.5 health-care structures. We are doing observations through the checklist, to collect data about reactions on temperature, light, etc. and we are conducting interviews with professional experts. We collected n.58 checklists and n.21 interviews until now. The research is still underway.