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Use of infrared thermography in assessing the thermal comfort of cattle-systematic review. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Vet Sci
Sousa Pinto V   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Studies of outdoor thermal comfort in northern China

Building and Environment, 2014
Abstract Outdoor spaces play important roles in daily lives, and the use of these spaces is determined largely by outdoor thermal comfort. Few studies have been conducted on outdoor thermal comfort in northern China. Using microclimatic monitoring and subject interviews at a park in Tianjin, China, this investigation studied outdoor thermal comfort ...
Dayi Lai, Qingyan Chen
exaly   +2 more sources

Thermal comfort in outdoor urban spaces in Singapore

Building and Environment, 2013
Abstract A thermal comfort study has been carried out in outdoor urban spaces in Singapore. The field study was carried out from August 2010 to May 2011. There were 2059 respondents from 13 different outdoor spaces participated in this study and 2036 effective questionnaire responses were collected.
Wei Yang   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Outdoor thermal comfort and outdoor activities: A review of research in the past decade

Cities, 2012
Outdoor spaces are important to sustainable cities because they accommodate pedestrian traffic and outdoor activities, and contribute greatly to urban livability and vitality. In the global context of climate change, outdoor spaces that provide a pleasurable thermal comfort experience for pedestrians effectively improve the quality of urban living. The
Liang Chen, Edward Ng
exaly   +2 more sources

Diversity and Thermal Comfort in Outdoor Places

The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations: Annual Review, 2011
Sustainable cities should be livable cities where people from different backgrounds and with different aspirations can meet and interact with each other. Public places being the urban stages where the social interactions happen are considered important parts of cities (Thompson, 2002; Varna, 2009).
Inji Kenawy, Hisham ElKadi
openaire   +1 more source

Outdoor thermal comfort - An adaptive model to assess thermal comfort in urban outdoors in New Zealand.

2022
<p><b>This research attempts to integrate human thermal adaptation into thermal comfort assessment in order to explore the complex link between microclimate, thermal comfort, thermal adaptation, and user expectations in outdoor urban parks in New Zealand.
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Effect of thermal adaptation on seasonal outdoor thermal comfort

International Journal of Climatology, 2011
AbstractThermal perceptions and preferences of individuals outdoors cannot be entirely explained by the energy balance of the human body. They are also affected by psychological and behavioural factors or the so‐called thermal adaptation. To examine the effect of thermal adaptation on seasonal outdoor thermal comfort, 1644 interviews with concurrent ...
Tzu‐Ping Lin   +2 more
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An analysis of influential factors on outdoor thermal comfort in summer

International Journal of Biometeorology, 2011
A variety of research has linked high temperature to outdoor thermal comfort in summer, but it remains unclear how outdoor meteorological environments influence people's thermal sensation in subtropical monsoon climate areas, especially in China. In order to explain the process, and to better understand the related influential factors, we conducted an ...
JiFu, Yin   +5 more
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