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Thermal Comfort Index

open access: yesPresent 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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Use of Solar Panels for Shade for Holstein Heifers

open access: yesAnimals, 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

open access: yesFrontiers 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]

open access: yesE3S 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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Proposal of Relative Thermal Sensation: Another Dimension of Thermal Comfort and Its Investigation

open access: yesIEEE 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

open access: yesRemote 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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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-Kai Ding   +5 more
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The Connection between Architectural Elements and Adaptive Thermal Comfort of Tropical Vernacular Houses in Mountain and Beach Locations

open access: yesEnergies, 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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Thermal Comfort

open access: yes, 2022
Abstract: The Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) model stands among the foremost recognized thermal comfort models. It absolutely was developed victimization principles of warmth balance and experimental information collected in an exceedingly controlled climate chamber underneath steady state circumstances.
Gopal Nath Tiwari, Neha Gupta
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Cyber-Enabled Optimization of HVAC System Control in Open Space of Office Building

open access: yesSensors, 2023
Thermal comfort is crucial to well-being and work productivity. Human thermal comfort is mainly controlled by HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) systems in buildings.
Bo Peng, Sheng-Jen Hsieh
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