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Studies of outdoor thermal comfort in northern China
Building and Environment, 2014Abstract 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
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Thermal comfort in outdoor urban spaces in Singapore
Building and Environment, 2013Abstract 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
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Outdoor thermal comfort and outdoor activities: A review of research in the past decade
Cities, 2012Outdoor 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
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Diversity and Thermal Comfort in Outdoor Places
The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations: Annual Review, 2011Sustainable 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
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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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<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, 2011AbstractThermal 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, 2011A 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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A hybrid approach for the assessment of outdoor thermal comfort
Journal of Building Engineering, 2019Abstract With a constantly growing urban population, pressure on real estate has never been this high. The commercial and financial success of new residential developments is often linked to the ability of designers to deliver comfortable and pleasant outdoor spaces people can enjoy. Environmental parameters such as local wind speed, air temperature,
Sergey Mijorski +2 more
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Effect of Tree Species on Outdoor Thermal Comfort
2021Tree planting is one of the veritable tools for combating urban heat island and improving thermal comfort in the wake of global warming and urbanisation. However, trees of different species and morphological properties have variable solar attenuation capacity and consequently, thermal comfort regulation potential.
Kevin Ka-Lun Lau +3 more
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