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The Chinese thermal comfort dataset [PDF]
Scientific 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.
Liu Yang +14 more
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Standards on thermal comfort [PDF]
, 2022 S.21-32International standards give criteria for thermal comfort based on the evaluation of room temperatures and their deviation from the comfort temperature.
Pfafferott, Jens, Kalz, Doreen E.
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Methodology for the evaluation of thermal comfort in office buildings [PDF]
, 2022 S.49-64The comfort standards define a methodology for the evaluation of thermal comfort for design purposes. Compared to this, a standardized evaluation of measurement campaigns should apply some constraints: The applied comfort approach need to be ...
Pfafferott, Jens, Kalz, Doreen E.
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Cyber-Enabled Optimization of HVAC System Control in Open Space of Office Building
Sensors, 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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Urban outdoor thermal comfort in western China
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2021 Outdoor space is essential for urban residents’ daily activities, and thermal comfort is an important indicator to evaluate these places. Currently, there are few studies on city outdoor thermal comfort in western China.
Meng Zhen +5 more
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Study on Outdoor Thermal Comfort in the Transitional Season of Hefei [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 In order to study the outdoor thermal comfort during the transition season in Hefei, a university in Hefei adopted a combination of field environmental measurements and questionnaires to study the changes in thermal sensation and thermal comfort of ...
Li Jinwei +4 more
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Thermal comfort conditions in airport terminals: Indoor or transition spaces? [PDF]
, 2016 This paper reports on the investigation of the thermal comfort conditions in three airport terminals in the UK. In the course of seasonal field surveys, the indoor environmental conditions were monitored in different terminal areas and questionnaire ...
Kotopouleas, Alkis +1 more
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The role of a building’s thermal properties on pupils’ thermal comfort in junior school classrooms as determined in field studies [PDF]
, 2014 Recent thermal comfort research in a light-weight junior school building showed that children were more sensitive to higher temperatures than adults and subsequently that current thermal comfort standards were not appropriate for the assessment of their ...
James, Patrick A.B. +5 more
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User satisfaction with thermal comfort in office buildings [PDF]
, 2022 S.33-48Thermal comfort in nonresidential buildings is evaluated in accordance with the European standard EN 15251 which defines two comfort models based on the cooling concept implemented in the building: the adaptive model and the PMV model.
Pfafferott, Jens, Kalz, Doreen E.
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Thermal Comfort Assessment in Comfort-Prone Workplaces [PDF]
The Annals of Occupational Hygiene, 2007 This paper's main issue is a strong advocacy in favour of an a priori classification of thermal environments that can be really functional to comfort assessment: Class 1, environments where comfort conditions can be established (comfort-prone environments), and Class 2, environments where this is not practically feasible.
Paolo, Lenzuni, Michele, Del Gaudio
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