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Personalized low-cost thermal comfort monitoring using IoT technologies

open access: yesIndoor Environments
Thermal comfort plays an essential role in the well-being and productivity of occupants. Typically, thermal comfort is assessed either through surveys completed by building occupants or through sensor data that is analyzed using thermal comfort models ...
Carlos Chillón Geck   +3 more
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Thermal Resilience of Citizens: Comparison between Thermal Sensation and Objective Estimation in Outdoor Spaces: A Case Study in Seville, Spain

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Sanitary issues, combined with the effects of climate change, emphasize the comfort of outdoor spaces in cities. Numerous comfort models exist and can predict thermal sensation.
José Sánchez Ramos   +5 more
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Effects of urban street trees on human thermal comfort and physiological indices: a case study in Changchun city, China

open access: yesJournal of Forest Research, 2021
Planting trees along urban streets is one of the most important strategies to improve the urban thermal environment. However, the net impacts of urban street trees on human thermal comfort and physiological parameters are still less clear.
Zhi-Bin Ren   +4 more
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Advancement on Thermal Comfort in Educational Buildings: Current Issues and Way Forward

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
The thermal environment in educational buildings is crucial to improve students’ health and productivity, as they spend a considerable amount of time in classrooms. Due to the complexity of educational buildings, research performed has been heterogeneous
Giulia Lamberti   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Inequality of Global Thermal Comfort Conditions Changes in a Warmer World

open access: yesEarth's Future, 2023
Changes in the thermal comfort condition of the living environment of human beings are one of the main concerns related to global warming. While previous studies largely focused on mean temperature and warm/cold extremes, changes in thermal comfort ...
Jintao Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A field study on adaptive thermal comfort in Spanish primary classrooms during summer season

open access: yes, 2021
The assessment of indoor thermal comfort in schools has become an essential object of study; however, applying existing thermal comfort criteria would assume children and adults have a similar range of thermal comfort, without considering discrepancies ...
Pablo Aparicio-Ruiz   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Systematic Review on the Studies of Thermal Comfort in Urban Residential Buildings in China

open access: yesEnergies
There have been fruitful publications on thermal comfort of urban residential buildings in China. However, there is a lack of reviews on this topic to perform a comprehensive analysis and find opportunities to meet occupants’ thermal comfort needs while ...
Yaolin Lin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structuring, modulation, volume, unit, interior space in conceiving and perceiving the thermal comfort area [PDF]

open access: yesUrbanism. Arhitectura. Constructii, 2019
This work presents a space modeling concept inside buildings, with space structuring and modulation, for obtaining energetic efficiency in obtaining thermal comfort.
Jean-Manuel Somăcescu
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Evaluating the performance of different thermal indices on quantifying outdoor thermal sensation in humid subtropical residential areas of China

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Considerations of urban microclimate and thermal comfort are necessary for urban development, and a set of guidelines for a comfortable microclimate must be developed.
Kunming Li   +7 more
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Influence of university campus spatial morphology on outdoor thermal environment: A case study from Eastern China

open access: yesEnergy and Built Environment
Outdoor thermal comfort is crucial for creating sustainable and livable urban spaces. Studying the distribution and impact factors of the thermal environment can provide theoretical support for improving the thermal environment and spatial planning. This
Yansu Qi   +5 more
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