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Thermal Comfort in Outdoor Urban Spaces: analysis across different European countries [PDF]
, 2006 This paper presents some of the findings of the European project, RUROS, primarily concerned with the environmental and comfort conditions of open spaces in cities.
Lykoudis, Spyros +1 more
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, 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.
Gopal Nath Tiwari, Neha Gupta
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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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Health and thermal comfort : from WHO guidance to housing strategies [PDF]
, 2012 There are many references to the WHO guidance on thermal comfort in housing, but not to the original source material. Based on archive material, this paper gives the evidential basis for the WHO guidance.
Ormandy, David +3 more
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Frontiers in Bioscience, 2011 A review of the various approaches in understanding outdoor thermal comfort is presented. The emphasis on field surveys from around the world, particularly across Europe, enables us to understand thermal perception and evaluate outdoor thermal comfort conditions.
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A field study of thermal comfort in low-income dwellings in England before and after energy efficient refurbishment [PDF]
, 2009 This study investigates the effect of England's Warm Front energy efficient refurbishment scheme on winter thermal comfort in low-income dwellings. The analysis is based on an extensive survey of some 2500 dwellings selected from five major urban areas ...
Gilbertson, J +11 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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Present 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
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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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