Effects of different types of housing environments on the physical index and physiological index
The aim of this present study was to promote the quality of living environment, and create a healthy living environment through advocating for low carbon and green buildings. An additional aim is gaining recognition for wood structured housing, thus gaining recognition in customers and consumption to further promote the green ecological and sustainable development of wood structured houses. This work examined the physical environment indexes and physiological indexes of the participants in three different structure types of housing environment with behavioral analysis (CAPTIV) and environmental data (BAPPU) synchronous test system. The results of the MANOVA revealed a significant main effect for the housing environment indexes with temperature, moisture content, noise, illumination, air flow rate and skin temperature, ECG, and respiration of three different structure types (log, glulam, reinforced concrete). In comparison, the influence of the physical environment factors in both the log structure and the glulam structure housing were better than the reinforced concrete structure housing. It indicated that woody housing environment was benefit to the health of habitants. Participants were interested in the log structure and glulam structure housing environment with joy and comfortable feelings. Different proportion of building environment and interior wooden decoration proportion can influence different cognitive and feelings of habitants. Therefore, wooden housing environment is helpful to adjust emotion, relieve work pressure and improve tasty, which would provide people with both physical and mental benefits.