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Present Environment and Sustainable Development, 2016 We are showing some bioclimatic indices (formulas or nomograms) for medical purposes, therapeutic tourism, sports. or regionalization. They are based on one, two, three or more different meteorological parameters.
Teodoreanu Elena
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The Chinese thermal comfort dataset. [PDF]
Sci Data, 2023 AbstractHeating and cooling in buildings accounts for over 20% of total energy consumption in China. Therefore, it is essential to understand the thermal requirements of building occupants when establishing building energy codes that would save energy while maintaining occupants’ thermal comfort.
Yang L +14 more
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Use of Solar Panels for Shade for Holstein Heifers
Animals, 2023 Animal Agrivoltaics combines electric energy generation, animal thermal comfort, and sustainable production at the same time. This model of production can foster the sustainable intensification of dairy production in tropical areas where solar irradiance
Ana Flávia P. A. Faria +6 more
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Economically sustainable shade design for feedlot cattle
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 Provision of shade reduces radiant heat load on feedlot cattle, thus reducing demand of water and energy for thermoregulation. While the positive effects of shade on animal welfare are widely known, the literature lacks data on the magnitude of its ...
Alex S. C. Maia +9 more
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Thermal alliesthesia under whole-body step-change transients [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 A better understanding of the psycho-physiological mechanisms driving human thermal perception during dynamic conditions is important to improve physiological-based thermal comfort models. During thermal transients, the two phenomena of thermal overshoot
Vellei Marika +3 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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Proposal of Relative Thermal Sensation: Another Dimension of Thermal Comfort and Its Investigation
IEEE Access, 2021 Real-time thermal comfort evaluation is not only essential in constructing the control module of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems in residential buildings but also rather critical in energy conservation.
Ziyang Wang +2 more
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Comparisons of the Urbanization Effect on Heat Stress Changes in Guangdong during Different Periods
Remote Sensing, 2023 While rapid urbanization promotes social and economic development, it exacerbates human outdoor thermal comfort, which increases the risks to human health.
Wen Li +4 more
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Connection 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-Kai Ding +5 more
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Energies, 2021 Passive thermal comfort has been widely used to test the thermal performance of a building. The science of active thermal comfort is important to be connected with the science of architecture.
Hermawan Hermawan, Jozef Švajlenka
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