Online-only Table 1 Variables their categories, subcategories, measurement scales, and levels. Subcategories are according to the ontology for building monitoring data²⁷.

Adapt

Inhabitants

Attributes

Adaptation level

Ordinal

3

1: living less than 1 year in current climate region; 2: 1 – 3 years; 3: > 3 years

Age

Inhabitants

Attributes

Age group

Ordinal

6

1: <21 years old; 2: 21‐25 years; 3: 26–30 years; 4: 31–35 years; 5: 36–40 years; 6: >40

KG Residence

Inhabitants

Attributes

KG classification of participants place of residence^a

Nominal

20

Af, Am, As, Aw, BSh, BSk, BWh, BWk, Cfa, Cfb, Cfc, Csa, Csb, Cwa, Cwb, Dfa, Dfb, Dfc, Dwa, ET ^a)

KG Before Residence

Inhabitants

Attributes

KG classification of place where participants lived before current place of residence^a

Nominal

22

Af, Am, As, Aw, BSh, BSk, BWh, BWk, Cfa, Cfb, Cfc, Csa, Csb, Cwa, Cwb, Dfa, Dfb, Dfc, Dsb, Dwa, Dwb, ET^a

KG Origin

Inhabitants

Attributes

KG classification of place where participants grew up^a

Nominal

24

Af, Am, As, Aw, BSh, BSk, BWh, BWk, Cfa, Cfb, Cfc, Csa, Csb, Cwa, Cwb, Dfa, Dfb, Dfc, Dsb, Dsc, Dwa, Dwb, Dwc, ET^a

Language

Questionnaire

Attributes

Questionnaire language

Nominal

21

ar, da, de, el, en, esc, ese, ess, fa, fr, id, it, ja, ko, ms, pl, pt, si, sv, tw, zh ^b)

Language type

Questionnaire

Attributes

group of language with respect to the number of adjectives used for the sensation scale

Nominal

4

1: one adjective for cool and warm side each (e.g. slightly warm, warm, and very warm) 2: two adjectives for cool and warm side each (e.g. slightly warm, warm, and hot) 3c: two adjectives on the cold side and one adjective on warm side of sensation scale 3h: two adjectives on the warm side and one adjective on the cold side of sensation scale

Native

Inhabitants

Attributes

Is participant native speaker of survey language

Binary

2

Yes, no

RHout Survey

External conditions

Hygro-thermal

Outdoor relative humidity at time of survey [°C]

Continuous

—

—

RHout Day

External conditions

Hygro-thermal

Mean relative humidity of day of survey [°C]

Continuous

—

—

RHout Week

External conditions

Hygro-thermal

Weighted mean relative humidity of 7 days before survey [°C] ^b)

Continuous

—

—

Status HVAC

Control systems/devices

HVAC

Status of HVAC system

Ordinal

8

Air conditioned, Air cooled, Heated, Mechanical ventilation, Mixed ventilation, Natural ventilated, No HVAC, unknown

Tout Survey

External conditions

Hygro-thermal

Outdoor temperature at time of survey [°C]

Continuous

—

—

Tout Day

External conditions

Hygro-thermal

Mean outdoor temperature of day of survey [°C]

Continuous

—

—

Tout Week

External conditions

Hygro-thermal

Weighted mean outdoor temperature of 7 days before survey [°C] ^c)

Continuous

—

—

Season

External conditions

General

Season descriptor as classified by researcher

Nominal

9

autumn, dry, hot, inter-monsoon, monsoon, spring, summer, wet, winter

Sex

Inhabitants

Attributes

Participants’ sex

Nominal

3

Female, Male, other

Q1_Pos1 to Q5_Pos8

Inhabitants

Attributes

Participants’ perceived position of label on scale

Continuous

-

Values from 0 (left) to 100 (right)

TSV

Inhabitants

Attitudes

Observed thermal sensation votes

Ordinal

7

1: Cold; 2: Cool; 3: Slightly cool; 4: Neutral; 5: Slightly warm; 6: Warm; 7: Hot

TCV

Inhabitants

Attitudes

Observed thermal comfort votes

Ordinal

5

1: Comfortable; 2: Slightly uncomfortable; 3: Uncomfortable; 4: Very uncomfortable; 5: Extremely uncomfortable

TAV

Inhabitants

Attitudes

Observed thermal acceptance votes

Ordinal

4

1: Clearly acceptable; 2: Just acceptable; 3: Just unacceptable; 4: Clearly unacceptable

TPV

Inhabitants

Attitudes

Observed thermal preference votes

Ordinal

7

1: Much cooler; 2: Cooler; 3: Slightly cooler; 4: Without change; 5: Slightly warmer; 6: Warmer; 7: Much warmer