A sociological perspective on tenant behaviour with regard to domestic ventilation - an example at Lausanne, Switzerland.

This research attempts to offer partial answers as to how and why inhabitants of a rented apartment building behave as they do in aeration. The authors adopted a two-fold approach : first, by using computerised data recording of outdoor and indoor temperatures per room, the number of hours of sunshine, the surface temperature of radiators and the opening of the windows in each room;second, through interviews with the tenants, sometimes filmed, in order to ascertain their behaviour patterns and underlying motivations in ventilation. This highlighted different motivations for window opening and problems of misinformation or lack of useful advice to occupiers.