The Necessity of Improving the Standard for Thermal Environment in Korean Public Facilities
Energies, 2020 As one of the energy saving policies, the Korean government has been regulating the indoor thermal environment of public office facilities in Korea, starting with energy conservation measures in 1980.
Yong-Joon Jun +4 more
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Field study on adaptive thermal comfort in typical air conditioned classrooms [PDF]
, 2018 This study investigates adaptive thermal comfort in air conditioned classrooms in Hong Kong. A field survey was conducted in several typical classrooms at the City University of Hong Kong.
Cheng, Y +6 more
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Predicting personal thermal preferences based on data-driven methods [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 One of the prevalent models to account for thermal comfort in HVAC design is the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV). However, the model is based on parameters difficult to estimate in real applications and it focuses on mean votes of large groups of people ...
Aguilera José Joaquín +2 more
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The Effect of Length of Service in a Thermal Environment on Thermal Comfort and Mental Stress
Buildings, 2023 An inappropriate thermal environment negatively impacts workers, causing mental stress and safety accidents. Unskilled workers are more vulnerable to industrial accidents and thermal stress compared with skilled workers due to suboptimal and unfamiliar ...
Young-Sub Shin +3 more
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Thermal comfort based fuzzy logic control [PDF]
, 2001 Most heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) control systems are considered as temperature control problems. In this work, the predicted mean vote (PMV) is used to control the indoor temperature of a space by setting it at a point where the PMV ...
Danaher, Sean +2 more
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Przegląd Naukowy Inżynieria i Kształtowanie Środowiska, 2020 Comfort of the train passengers is the main priority of modern mass rapid transit (MRT) management. Objective of this paper is to investigate the thermal comfort of the elevated MRT station in tropical climate. The first step of this study was to conduct
Sugiono Sugiono +4 more
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A study of adaptive thermal comfort in a well-controlled climate chamber [PDF]
, 2015 This paper aims to critically examine the application of Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) in an air-conditioned environment in the hot-humid climate region. Experimental studies have been conducted in a climate chamber in Chongqing, China, from 2008 to 2010.
Li, Baizhan +4 more
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Effect of insulation on indoor thermal comfort in a detached house with a floor heating system [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 Appropriate insulation materials, with unique physical properties and of moderate thickness, are essential for energy savings in residential buildings. However, the impact of thermal insulation on indoor thermal comfort with floor heating systems has not
Guo Qianwen +4 more
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Assessing stack ventilation strategies in the continental climate of Beijing using CFD simulations [PDF]
, 2017 The performance of a stack ventilated building compared with two other building designs have been predicted numerically for ventilation and thermal comfort effects in a typical climate of Beijing, China.
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A dynamic human reliability assessment approach for manned submersibles using PMV-CREAM
International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, 2019 Safety is always acritical focus of exploration of ocean resources, and it is well recognized that human factor is one of the major causes of accidents and breakdowns. Our research developed a dynamic human reliability assessment approach, Predicted Mean
Shuai Zhang +4 more
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