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Urban outdoor thermal comfort in western China [PDF]
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2021 Outdoor space is essential for urban residents’ daily activities, and thermal comfort is an important indicator to evaluate these places. Currently, there are few studies on city outdoor thermal comfort in western China.
Meng Zhen +5 more
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The Dependence of Outdoor Thermal Comfort on Urban Layouts [PDF]
, 2013 Zugleich gedruckt veröffentlicht im Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin unter der ISBN 978-3-7983-2540-1.The goal of this research was evaluation of effect of urban layouts on outdoor thermal comfort.
Monam, Alireza, Rückert, Klaus
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Outdoor thermal comfort and behaviour in urban area [PDF]
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2017 Outdoor comfort is important due to the public spaces functions. Open spaces provide thermal comfort and a pleasant experience to improve the city life quality effectively. The influence of thermal comfort in outdoor activities is a complex problem. This
Inavonna, Inavonna, Purnomo, Agus Budi
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The influence of bioclimatic urban redevelopment on outdoor thermal comfort. [PDF]
Energy and Buildings, 2017 One of the greatest environmental challenges for the sustainability of future cities is the mitigation of the urban heat island phenomenon and thus, improvement of outdoor comfort conditions for people.
Dimoudi, Argyro +2 more
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Assessment of the Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Oases Settlements [PDF]
Atmosphere, 2020 Oases throughout the world have become important ecosystems to replenish food and water supplies. The Saharan Oases exist above the largest underground water supplies in the World. In North Africa, oases witness significantly growing populations in the oasis towns and receive thousands of tourists yearly.
Mohamed Elhadi Matallah +3 more
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Outdoor thermal comfort assessment: A review on thermal comfort research in Australia [PDF]
Building and Environment, 2020 Outdoor thermal comfort could significantly affect the usage and success of urban places. Accordingly, it is recommended to be considered in both urban design and planning projects. \ud Urbanisation has been recognised as a major factor in elevated daily temperature values in \ud Australia.
Shooshtariana, S +2 more
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Instruments and methods in outdoor thermal comfort studies – the need for standardization [PDF]
Urban Climate, 2014 In this paper we review instruments and methods used to assess outdoor thermal comfort and subjective thermal perception in 26 studies reported in the literature during the last decade, covering a wide range of climates and geographical contexts. We found a great variety of instruments and methods used to measure meteorological variables, especially ...
Andrade +53 more
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Landscape Configuration Effects on Outdoor Thermal Comfort across Campus—A Case Study
Atmosphere, 2023 As a main place for student activities on campus, outdoor spaces have positive impacts on students’ physical and mental health. Namely, outdoor heat and comfort are of great significance to improve activity quality.
Shaojie Zhang +4 more
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Evaluating the perception of thermal environment in naturally ventilated schools in a warm and humid climate in Nigeria [PDF]
, 2021 Field study was conducted in naturally ventilated primary school buildings in a warm and humid environment in Imo State, Nigeria to determine the thermal comfort perception of young children (aged 7–12 years) and to understand the thermal conditions in ...
Ji, Y, Munonye, CC
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Assessing the representativeness of thermal comfort in outdoor spaces [PDF]
WIT Transactions on Ecology and The Environment, 2012 This paper presents preliminary findings of an outdoor thermal comfort study conducted in an urban area to evaluate the representative Predicted Mean Vote index. Thermal comfort in outdoor urban spaces is often faced with the task of using large amounts of data that yields meaningful information concerning the thermal sensation.
Cocci Grifoni R. +3 more
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