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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.
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Thermal comfort: research and practice [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioscience, 2010
Thermal comfort--the state of mind, which expresses satisfaction with the thermal environment--is an important aspect of the building design process as modern man spends most of the day indoors. This paper reviews the developments in indoor thermal comfort research and practice since the second half of the 1990s, and groups these developments around ...
Joost van Hoof   +2 more
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A Review of Thermal Comfort Evaluation and Improvement in Urban Outdoor Spaces

open access: yesBuildings, 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 quality and thermal comfort measurements in the offices using the low-cost sensors and monitors [PDF]

open access: yesBakar, 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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Establishment of a Thermal Comfort Model for Spectator Areas of Air-Supported Membrane Ice Rinks in Severe Cold Regions: A Case Study in Harbin, China

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
In China, the post-Winter Olympics era has seen the rapid development and promotion of ice rinks with air-supported membrane structures. With the rise of large indoor spectator areas in ice rinks, thermal comfort needs in spectator areas are receiving ...
Rulin Li   +4 more
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Thermal comfort following immersion [PDF]

open access: yesPhysiology & Behavior, 2015
Unlike thermal comfort in air, little research has been undertaken exploring thermal comfort around water sports. We investigated the impact of swimming and cooling in air after swimming on thermal comfort. After 10 min of swimming-and-resting cycles in 28°C water, volunteers wearing two types of garments or in swim briefs, faced winds in 24°C air, at ...
Guéritée, Julien   +3 more
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A Real-Time Approach for Thermal Comfort Management in Electric Vehicles

open access: yesEnergies, 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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Air-conditioning load aggregation scheduling strategy based on user differentiated thermal comfort

open access: yes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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In-situ real time measurements of thermal comfort and comparison with the adaptive comfort theory in Dutch residential dwellings

open access: yesA+BE: Architecture and the Built Environment, 2018
Indoor thermal comfort is generally assessed using the PMV or the adaptive model. This research presents the results obtained by in-situ real time measurements of thermal comfort and thermal comfort perception in 17 residential dwellings in the ...
Ioannou Anastasios   +2 more
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Inequality of Global Thermal Comfort Conditions Changes in a Warmer World

open access: yesEarth's Future, 2023
Changes in the thermal comfort condition of the living environment of human beings are one of the main concerns related to global warming. While previous studies largely focused on mean temperature and warm/cold extremes, changes in thermal comfort ...
Jintao Zhang   +5 more
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