Architectural dynamic control: intelligent environmental control and feedback system for architectural settings including offices

A method for encouraging desired behavior within an architectural setting, the method comprising:

• controlling environmental variables within the architectural setting to change throughout a period of time in accordance with a selected theme, wherein the selected theme comprises one of:
• (a) mimicking the daily patterns of daylight, wherein light sources in the architectural setting are brighter on an east side of the architectural setting at a beginning of a day and progressively become brighter on a west side of the architectural setting as the day wears on;
• (b) mimicking the daily patterns of temperature, wherein the architectural setting is provided to be cool in the morning, warmer in the afternoon, and cool again towards evening;
• (c) controlling thermal values of the architectural setting to oscillate around a nominally comfortable value;
• or
• (d) mimicking a pattern of current outdoor conditions;
• and
• altering one of the environmental variables to deviate from the selected theme to provide a stimulus to increase productivity.

A system for encouraging desired behavior within an office setting having a plurality of private spaces and at least one community space, the system comprising:

• at least one environmental control device in each of the private spaces and in the community space, the environmental control device affecting at least one physical condition of the space in which it resides;
• at least one environmental sensor in each of the private spaces and in the community space, the environmental sensor measuring at least one physical condition of the space in which it resides;
• at least one occupant sensor in each of the private spaces and in the community space, the sensor measuring either a physiological parameter or behavior parameter of an occupant in the space in which the behavior sensor resides;
• wherein, the environmental control devices, environmental sensors, and occupant sensors are in communication with a computer;
• and
• wherein the computer is programmed to carry out the following steps
• receive data from the occupant sensors;
• receive data from the environmental sensors;
• compare the data from the occupant sensors to desired values stored in a database;
• if the data from the occupant sensors differs from the desired value from the database, command the environmental control devices in either the private spaces or community space to change a physical condition so as to bring the physiological or behavioral parameter toward the desired value.