20.500.12556/DKUM-96051 A historical and contemporary perspective: thermal comfort in prefabricated timber houses Timber construction is gaining popularity worldwide due to its advantages over traditional masonry systems, including energy-efficiency, sustainability, and fast prefabrication. The technology of prefabricated timber buildings has evolved significantly, affecting the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of such buildings, which are generally perceived as offering high living comfort. While contemporary design practices aim to ensure high performance in new buildings, existing timber structures often fail to meet modern standards. In addition to common issues such as ageing, poor energy-efficiency, and functional inadequacies, problems like seismic vulnerability, fire risk, and the so-called “sick building syndrome” are increasingly relevant. As part of the project Indoor Environmental Quality in Prefabricated Timber Houses: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective, funded through the Public Call Problem-Based Learning for Students in a Work Environment 2024–2027, we investigated IEQ in two houses built by the Slovenian manufacturer Marles hiše Maribor d.o.o. The project was carried out in close collaboration with the company. Using long-term measurements, we assessed and compared thermal comfort and other parameters in an older and a newer prefabricated timber house. The findings offer guidance for both the renovation of existing buildings and the design of new ones, emphasising the importance of aligning energy performance with indoor comfort. prefabricated timber houses Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) thermal comfort existing buildings sick building syndrome montažne lesene hiše kakovost notranjega okolja (IEQ) toplotno udobje obstoječe stavbe sindrom bolne stavbe true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-11-27 14:39:53 2025-11-27 14:39:54 2025-11-28 03:08:33 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 192-204 no. 4 Vol. 14 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2025-10-01 694:620.9(045) 256536835 10.14207/ejsd.2025.v14n4p192 2239-6101 1793-Article_Text-3412-1-10-20250903.pdf 1793-Article_Text-3412-1-10-20250903.pdf 1 755C9F604BB0374346C9D74F5755255D 44888374d0e076de2aad68b0aad7bee5d3d726405e3e51636b5b5594fbfdaac4 e0a72d20-cb96-11f0-97c8-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=200923 https://ecsdev.org/ojs/index.php/ejsd/article/view/1793 0 f37f32e1-cb96-11f0-97c8-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=200924 Fakulteta za gradbeništvo, prometno inženirstvo in arhitekturo 0 0 0