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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
doaj   +3 more sources

Thermal comfort models and their developments: A review

open access: yesEnergy and Built Environment, 2021
In the past several years, thermal comfort, especially development and application of thermal comfort model, has been a research focus of building environment.
Qiantao Zhao, Zhiwei Lian, Dayi Lai
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Outdoor thermal comfort assessment: A review on thermal comfort research in Australia [PDF]

open access: yesBuilding and Environment, 2020
Outdoor thermal comfort could significantly affect the usage and success of urban places. Accordingly, it is recommended to be considered in both urban design and planning projects. \ud Urbanisation has been recognised as a major factor in elevated daily temperature values in \ud Australia.
Salman Shooshtarian   +2 more
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CBE Thermal Comfort Tool: Online tool for thermal comfort calculations and visualizations

open access: yesSoftwareX, 2020
The Center for the Built Environment (CBE) Thermal Comfort Tool is a free online tool for thermal comfort calculations and visualizations that complies with the ASHRAE 55–2017, ISO 7730:2005 and EN 16798–1:2019 Standards.
Federico Tartarini   +3 more
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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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Evaluating the perception of thermal environment in naturally ventilated schools in a warm and humid climate in Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 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

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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