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Influence of Adaptive Comfort Models in Execution Cost Improvements for Housing Thermal Environment in Concepción, Chile [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Most of the operational energy needed by the housing sector is used to compensate energy losses or thermal gains through the building’s envelope. As a result, any improvement in the thermal behavior will provide important opportunities to reduce energy ...
Gallego Maya, Inmaculada   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Thermal Perception in Mild Climate: Adaptive Thermal Models for Schools [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
A comprehensive assessment of indoor environmental conditions is performed on a representative sample of classrooms in schools across southern Spain (Mediterranean climate) to evaluate the thermal comfort level, thermal perception and preference, and ...
Campano Laborda, Miguel Ángel   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Thermal Comfort in the Passenger Compartment Using a 3-D Numerical Analysis and Comparison with Fanger’s Comfort Models

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
The paper presents the human thermal comfort inside a car cabin using three-dimensional numerical analysis and state of the art comfort models. Vehicular thermal comfort is a must concern factor in modern car manufacturing industries.
Saboora Khatoon, Man-Hoe Kim
doaj   +1 more source

A New General Formulation for the PMV Thermal Comfort Index

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
The PMV index forms the basis of international thermal comfort standards. PMV was developed based on empirical relationships between the metabolic rate of activity and the body mean skin temperature and evaporative heat loss under the comfort conditions.
A. Laouadi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effect of building interface form on thermal comfort in gymnasiums in hot and humid climates

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

An Evaluation of the Effects of Shade on Open Space Thermal Comfort, and Establishing Thermal Comfort Zone [PDF]

open access: yesصفه, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment and mitigation strategies to counteract overheating in urban historical areas in Rome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
As urban overheating is increasing, there is a strong public interest towards mitigation strategies to enhance comfortable urban spaces, for their role in supporting urban metabolism and social life.
Battisti, Alessandra   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Thermal comfort based fuzzy logic control [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

A review of human thermal comfort model in predicting human–environment interaction in non-uniform environmental conditions

open access: yesJournal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2022
This paper presented a review of the literature on the human thermal comfort model, which can be employed to predict the response of a human towards the environmental surroundings.
Y. Yau   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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