Perception of the thermal environment in sports facilities through a subjective approach: a case study of a gym and swimming pool

 The current research was designed and implemented with the aim of understanding the thermal environment in sports venues through a mental approach: gymnasium and swimming pool. The current type of research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of strategy and was carried out by field and library methods. The statistical population included all customers of sports pools and gyms in Tehran. Because there is no specific number of members of the statistical community; As a result, a maximum sample size of 384 people was considered using Morgan's table. The research tool is the questionnaire of perception of the thermal environment in sports venues through the subjective approach of Ashri (2010). The validity of the questionnaire has been confirmed by ten sports management professors. Meanwhile, the reliability of the questionnaire was 0.75. The statistical analysis method in this research included Kolmogorov Smirnov test, one sample t test, independent t test and ANOVA. All data analysis process of this research was done in SPSS software version 22. The results showed that there is no significant difference between the perception of the thermal environment in sports facilities (sports pool and gym) through a mental approach with the existing standards in swimming pools and gyms in Tehran (P≥0.05). Therefore, both sports places (swimming pools and gyms) are in good condition.