Some universal indoor environmental requirements of the seniors from Northern-East to Southern-West Europe

The attitudes can reveal the hidden reasons behind the customer choices. Referred interview studies identified typical indoor environmental requirements of the residents and made international comparison of the feedback from both young families and senior citizens. Good housing conditions have positive influence on people's wellbeing and they should be archived without energy usage in vain. Even if most the elderly can manage well in nominal indoor air conditions, some of them might complain of draft or low room temperatures. The aged housing of the studied elderly lacked proper heating and good indoor air. Senior citizens ’ feedback was quite similar when comparing response from Finland and from Spain. For the differences in the indoor air quality needs control possibility could be a solution. The acceptance of energy saving technology was low if the basic needs were not satisfied comfortable enough or the control set disturbs the routines of daily life, which in this case concerned the restrictive technology of room temperatures and in comparison that of home appliances in the sake of energy efficiency