Twenty first century standards for thermal comfort : fostering low carbon building design and operation [PDF]
, 2010 Nearly 50% of energy consumed in the developed world is consumed in buildings. Despite regulation intent, many new buildings are energy profligate. Thermal comfort standards are partly responsible for this increase in consumption. In this volume, Roaf et
Touhy, Paul +9 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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Adaptive Comfort Degree-Days: an index to compare adaptive comfort standards and estimate changes in energy consumption for future UK climates [PDF]
, 2011 This paper introduces the concept of the Adaptive Comfort Degree-Day, a temperature difference/time composite metric, as a means of comparing energy savings from Adaptive Comfort Model standards by quantifying the extent to which the temperature limits ...
Charles McGilligan +5 more
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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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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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Thermal-comfort evaluation of and plan for public space of Maling Village, Henan, China.
PLoS ONE, 2021 The thermal environment of village public space affects the comfort of people ' s outdoor activities, and then affects the willingness of residents to outdoor activities, which has an important impact on the villagers' quality of life.
Qindong Fan +3 more
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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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Establishment of Thermal Comfort Evaluation Model Based on Individual Difference [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 “People-oriented” and “Energy saving” are the two major themes of current social development. In the field of thermal comfort, establishment of thermal comfort model based on physiological parameters plays an important role in meeting the needs of human ...
Yang Yalong +4 more
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Thermal-comfort evaluation of office buildings in Europe [PDF]
, 2022 S.65-108This chapter presents a comparative evaluation of thermal comfort according to the European standard EN 15251 standard in 8 European and another 34 German nonresidential buildings with different cooling concepts.
Pfafferott, Jens, Kalz, Doreen E.
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Development of an adaptive window-opening algorithm to predict the thermal comfort, energy use and overheating in buildings [PDF]
, 2008 This investigation of the window opening data from extensive field surveys in UK office buildings demonstrates: 1) how people control the indoor environment by opening windows; 2) the cooling potential of opening windows; and 3) the use of an ‘adaptive ...
Clarke, Joseph Andrew +11 more
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