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Predicting the Impact of Climate Change on Thermal Comfort in A Building Category: The Case of Linear-type Social Housing Stock in Southern Spain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The Climate Change scenario projected by the IPCC for the year 2050 predicts noticeable increases in temperature. In severe summer climates, such as the Mediterranean area, this would have very negative e ects on thermal comfort in the existing housing
Ascione, Fabrizio   +5 more
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Human thermal comfort in non-uniform thermal environments: A review

open access: yesEnergy and Built Environment
Thermal comfort is critical for ensuring the health and productivity of occupants and knowing their thermal demand could help creat a satisfying environment with the least energy waste.
Xiaowen Su   +5 more
doaj  

On the Interaction between Personal Comfort Systems and Centralized HVAC Systems in Office Buildings [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2017
Most modern HVAC systems suffer from two intrinsic problems. First, inability to meet diverse comfort requirements of the occupants. Second, heat or cool an entire zone even when the zone is only partially occupied. Both issues can be mitigated by using personal comfort systems (PCS) which bridge the comfort gap between what is provided by a central ...
arxiv  

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
doaj  

Occupant comfort, the housing industry and electricity infrastructure: understanding the synergies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Despite increasingly stringent energy performance regulations for new homes, southeast Queensland has a high and growing penetration of, and reliance on, air conditioners to provide thermal comfort to housing inhabitants.
Miller, Wendy, Shah Nazari, Hoda
core   +1 more source

Evolution and performance analysis of adaptive thermal comfort models – A comprehensive literature review

open access: yesBuilding and Environment, 2022
R. Yao   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Thermal Comfort at the Street Corridor Around Public Places, Case Study Alun-Alun Malang City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Malang as the second largest city in East Java province become crowded recently. The congestion almost happens everyday. The scenery of the street corridor is full of iron stacks. It is said that Malang city is less comfortable and less walkable.
Antariksa, A. (Antariksa)   +3 more
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Impact of metabolism and the clothing thermal resistance on inpatient thermal comfort

open access: yesEnergy and Built Environment, 2021
For the purpose that relieves the suffering of the patients and shortens their hospital stay, it is crucial to design and manage the environment control systems reasonably to maintain an appropriate indoor thermal environment. However, all of the current
Hualing Zhang   +3 more
doaj  

Optimization of thermal comfort in building through envelope design [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems, ECOS 2012, Perigia : Italy (2012), 2013
Due to the current environmental situation, energy saving has become the leading drive in modern research. Although the residential houses in tropical climate do not use air conditioning to maintain thermal comfort in order to avoid use of electricity.
arxiv  

Thermal Comfort Models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Potrošnja energije za grijanje i hlađenje zgrada ovisi o projektnim vrijednostima parametara toplinske ugodnosti zatvorena prostora, koje međunarodne norme propisuju na temelju rezultata modela toplinske ravnoteže čovjekova tijela i okoliša.
Igor WOLF
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