Patent ID: 8392025

Claim:
A method of measuring physical conditions throughout an architectural setting, the method comprising: providing environmental measuring devices to an organization, wherein the environmental measuring devices are constructed to measure at least light level, temperature, and air quality; instructing the organization to locate the environmental measuring devices at a plurality of locations within the architectural setting; instructing the organization to use the environmental measuring devices to measure physical conditions for each of the plurality of locations within the architectural setting by measuring at least light level, temperature, and air quality for each of the plurality of locations within the architectural setting and transmit the measurements to a computing facility; receiving the measurements from the environmental measuring devices in the computing facility; instructing occupants in the plurality of locations within the architectural setting to provide survey data including a subjective reaction to the physical conditions; comparing the measurements with survey data generated by the occupants of the architectural setting; manipulating environment within the architectural setting; and completing a feedback loop wherein the environment is manipulated based on the survey data and the survey data is generated based on the manipulated environment.