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, 2022 S.15-20Room temperature and indoor air quality have a strong impact on the overall satisfaction with the thermal environment. Responses to our thermal indoor environment have a considerable effect on health, comfort, and performance.
Pfafferott, Jens, Kalz, Doreen E.
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Analysis of thermal comfort in education building in surveys
E3S Web of Conferences, 2018 Main parameters of indoor air quality could influence people health and ability to work and ability to learning. The research was conducted in University of Technology building located in Białystok, north-eastern Poland. Research - surveys was devoted to
Witkowska Agata +1 more
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Adaptive Comfort Degree-Days: an index to compare adaptive comfort standards and estimate changes in energy consumption for future UK climates [PDF]
, 2011 This paper introduces the concept of the Adaptive Comfort Degree-Day, a temperature difference/time composite metric, as a means of comparing energy savings from Adaptive Comfort Model standards by quantifying the extent to which the temperature limits ...
Charles McGilligan +5 more
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, 2022 S.21-32International standards give criteria for thermal comfort based on the evaluation of room temperatures and their deviation from the comfort temperature.
Pfafferott, Jens, Kalz, Doreen E.
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Thermal comfort analysis of earth-sheltered buildings: The case of meymand village, Iran
Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2022 Vernacular buildings are known for their localized passive settings to provide comfortable indoor environment without air conditioning systems. One alternative is the consistent ground temperature over the year that earth-sheltered envelopes take the ...
Amirreza Khaksar +5 more
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Indoor Thermal Comfort: The Behavioral Component [PDF]
Sustainability, 2013 This is a study of how indoor temperature settings have changed over time in the United States based on data from the Energy Information Administration’s, Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS). It is shown that Americans have moderately raised indoor temperature settings during the heating season over the past thirty years. It is also shown that
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Energies, 2023 Optimum indoor humidity is often associated with comfort and overall well-being. Occupant comfort is often evaluated with a focus on “thermal comfort” using the PMV (predicted mean vote), PDD (predicted percentage of dissatisfied), and adaptive thermal ...
Suchi Priyadarshani +3 more
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Assessing the indoor thermal comfort of a toll station [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019 The importance of a good indoor environment for peoples' health and wellbeing is nowadays clearly established. Besides enhancing the wellbeing of building occupants and helping decrease the occurrence of building related illness, a good indoor environment can also lead to a decrease in worker complaints and absenteeism.
Ricardo M. S. F. Almeida +4 more
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Energies, 2023 In China, the post-Winter Olympics era has seen the rapid development and promotion of ice rinks with air-supported membrane structures. With the rise of large indoor spectator areas in ice rinks, thermal comfort needs in spectator areas are receiving ...
Rulin Li +4 more
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, 2009 This study investigates the effect of England's Warm Front energy efficient refurbishment scheme on winter thermal comfort in low-income dwellings. The analysis is based on an extensive survey of some 2500 dwellings selected from five major urban areas ...
Gilbertson, J +11 more
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