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Assessment of indoor thermal comfort temperature and related behavioural adaptations: a systematic review

open access: yesEnvironmental science and pollution research international, 2023
Thermal comfort is linked to our health, well-being, and productivity. The thermal environment is one of the main factors that influence thermal comfort and, consequently, the productivity of occupants inside buildings.
Fadly Syah Arsad   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Review on the Impacts of Urban Heat Islands on Outdoor Thermal Comfort

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
The worsening urban heat island (UHI) effect poses a great challenge to the thermal comfort of people outdoors. However, there has not been a summary of the mechanisms by which UHI affects outdoor thermal comfort (OTC).
Jianlin Ren   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Review on Adaptive Thermal Comfort of Office Building for Energy-Saving Building Design

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
The thermal environment quality of office buildings has an important role because thermal comfort is directly related to human productivity. Thermal comfort conditions are influenced by climate, location, and the built environment; hence, comfort ...
P. Lamsal, S. Bajracharya, H. Rijal
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Review of Thermal Comfort Evaluation and Improvement in Urban Outdoor Spaces

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
Urban outdoor space is an important activity place for residents, and its thermal environment directly affects residents’ quality of life and physical and mental health.
Zheming Liu, Jin Li, Tianyu Xi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effect of Architectural Building Design Parameters on Thermal Comfort and Energy Consumption in Higher Education Buildings

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
It has been challenging for designers to identify the appropriate design parameters that would reduce building energy consumption while achieving thermal comfort for building occupants.
Salah Alghamdi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Review of Thermal Comfort in Residential Buildings: Comfort Threads and Energy Saving Potential

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
Residential buildings instigate a vital role in creating a safe and comfortable indoor living environment. The phenomenon of overheating, an impact of climate change, can cause a negative effect on residents’ productiveness and heat-related illnesses and
Naja Aqilah, H. Rijal, S. A. Zaki
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effect of outdoor thermal comfort condition on visit of tourists in historical urban plazas of Sevilla and Madrid

open access: yesEnvironmental science and pollution research international, 2022
The tourism plays a significant role in economics and development of any country through revenue generation from multiple sources. Spain has been tourist place and host million foreign tourist.
Alireza Karimi, Pir Mohammad
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Variables That Affect Thermal Comfort and Its Measuring Instruments: A Systematic Review

open access: yesSustainability, 2022
Thermal comfort can impact the general behavior of the occupants, and considering that humans currently perform 90% of their daily work indoors, it is necessary to improve the accuracy of thermal comfort assessments, and a correct selection of variables ...
Tamara Mamani   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A review of human thermal comfort model in predicting human–environment interaction in non-uniform environmental conditions

open access: yesJournal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2022
This paper presented a review of the literature on the human thermal comfort model, which can be employed to predict the response of a human towards the environmental surroundings.
Y. Yau   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Energy-efficient control of thermal comfort in multi-zone residential HVAC via reinforcement learning

open access: yesConnection science, 2022
Energy efficient control of thermal comfort has been already an important part of residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. However, the optimisation of energy saving control for thermal comfort is not an easy task due to the
Zheng Ding   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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