Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150102652

Funded Activity Summary

Adverse effects of sopite syndrome on occupants in wind-excited buildings. Current building motion design guidelines focus primarily on motion perception and complaint rates. However, wind-induced building motion can cause sopite syndrome or early onset motion sickness which adversely affects occupant wellbeing and work performance. This research aims to advance the understanding of the physiology of sopite syndrome, quantify the motion dosage that causes sopite syndrome and determine its adverse effects on building occupants in real-world motion environments. This knowledge is expected to guide the formulation of building motion acceptability criteria based on safe motion exposure duration to facilitate the design of tall building that promotes population health and wellbeing and lifts work performance and productivity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 31-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $414,300.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Autonomic Nervous System | Engineering Design Knowledge | Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance | Engineering Design |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design | Environmental Health

Other Keywords

Autonomic Nervous System | Engineering Design | Engineering Design Knowledge | Environmental Health | Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance

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