Effect of building interface form on thermal comfort in gymnasiums in hot and humid climates
Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2019 The thermal environment and thermal comfort of a building are greatly affected by the design of the building interface form. Most contemporary architectural designs consider only the relations between architectural form and architectural beauty.
Xiaodan Huang, Xiaoli Ma, Qingyuan Zhang
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An Evaluation of the Effects of Shade on Open Space Thermal Comfort, and Establishing Thermal Comfort Zone [PDF]
صفه, 2023 The rapid growth of urbanisation in contemporary era has increased the human need for open space. One of the most important principles of open space design is to pay attention to thermal comfort in order to improve the quality of space and satisfy users.
Shahrzad Talebsafa +3 more
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Thermal comfort models and their developments: A review
Energy 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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Air quality and thermal comfort measurements in the offices using the low-cost sensors and monitors [PDF]
Bakar, 2023 The subjective experience of the environment where people live defines the comfort of that environment. The elements of environmental comfort are the air quality, thermal comfort, visual comfort, and sound comfort.
Tasić Viša +4 more
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Assessment of predicted versus measured thermal comfort and optimal comfort ranges in the outdoor environment in the temperate climate of Glasgow, UK [PDF]
, 2014 In a warming world, the risk of overheating is significant in temperate climate areas such as Glasgow, UK where adaptation to overheating is low. An easy-to-use thermal comfort evaluation is therefore a necessary first step towards developing effective ...
Drach, Patricia +2 more
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A Real-Time Approach for Thermal Comfort Management in Electric Vehicles
Energies, 2020 The HVAC system represents the main auxiliary load in electric vehicles, but passengers’ thermal comfort expectations are always increasing. Hence, a compromise is needed between energy consumption and thermal comfort.
Anas Lahlou +4 more
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Thermal comfort based fuzzy logic control [PDF]
, 2001 Most heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) control systems are considered as temperature control problems. In this work, the predicted mean vote (PMV) is used to control the indoor temperature of a space by setting it at a point where the PMV ...
Danaher, Sean +2 more
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Thermal comfort investigation of an outdoor air-conditioned area in a hot and arid environment [PDF]
, 2017 Thermal comfort in hot and arid outdoor environments is an industrial challenging field. An outdoor air-conditioned area was designed and built to host sport and social events during summers 2014 and 2015 in Qatar. This article presents a thermal comfort
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A Review of Thermal Comfort Evaluation and Improvement in Urban Outdoor Spaces
Buildings, 2023 Urban outdoor space is an important activity place for residents, and its thermal environment directly affects residents’ quality of life and physical and mental health.
Zheming Liu, Jin Li, Tianyu Xi
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Air-conditioning load aggregation scheduling strategy based on user differentiated thermal comfort
电力工程技术, 2023 As an important resource on the demand side, air-conditioning load can flexibly participate in the power system and promote new energy consumption. In the process of air-conditioning load scheduling, there are differences in thermal comfort requirements ...
ZHANG Yong +5 more
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