Thermal comfort of people with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC): pre-liminary results of a field study

Very few studies on indoor comfort of people with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) are present in literature. Nevertheless, their sensitivity to environmental stimuli is well document-ed. Though, the majority of the studies focus on acoustic and visual domains and were not performed from the indoor environment point of view. In this ongoing work, the indoor ther-mal perception of people with ASC was analysed by means of a field study in Denmark. The thermal environment was measured in the dwellings of eight people, during the non-heating season of 2023, while indoor comfort questionnaires were used by the participants to rate their environment. The outcomes were compared with the results of the PMV model, showing how the majority of the participants was feeling warmer than predicted.