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Remotely Sensed Derived Land Surface Temperature (LST) as a Proxy for Air Temperature and Thermal Comfort at a Small Geographical Scale

Land, 2021
Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) and Urban Cool Islands (UCIs) can be measured by means of in situ measurements and interpolation methods, which often require densely distributed networks of sensors and can be time-consuming, expensive and in many cases ...
R. Goldblatt, Abdullah Addas, Daynan Crull, Ahmad Maghrabi, Gabriel Levin, Steven Rubinyi   +5 more
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Impact of adjustment strategies on building design process in different climates oriented by multiple performance [PDF]

, 2020
Adjustment strategies including window ventilation and shading have important improvements in energy consumption, thermal and light environments, furthermore, the upper limit for improvement is affected by design parameters.
Feng, W, Lu, S, Wang, R
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A field study on adaptive thermal comfort in Spanish primary classrooms during summer season

, 2021
The assessment of indoor thermal comfort in schools has become an essential object of study; however, applying existing thermal comfort criteria would assume children and adults have a similar range of thermal comfort, without considering discrepancies ...
Pablo Aparicio-Ruiz, Elena Barbadilla-Martín, J. Guadix, J. Muñuzuri   +3 more
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Effects of urban street trees on human thermal comfort and physiological indices: a case study in Changchun city, China

Journal of Forest Research, 2021
Planting trees along urban streets is one of the most important strategies to improve the urban thermal environment. However, the net impacts of urban street trees on human thermal comfort and physiological parameters are still less clear.
Z. Ren, Hongbo Zhao, Yao Fu, Lu Xiao, Yulin Dong   +4 more
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Field study on adaptive thermal comfort in typical air conditioned classrooms [PDF]

, 2018
This study investigates adaptive thermal comfort in air conditioned classrooms in Hong Kong. A field survey was conducted in several typical classrooms at the City University of Hong Kong.
Cheng, Y, Fang, Z, Fong, A, Lin, Z, Oladokun, MO, Wu, H, Zhang, S   +6 more
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A Method for Estimating Instantaneous Predicted Mean Vote Under Dynamic Conditions by Accounting for Thermal Inertia

Buildings
Researchers have increasingly focused on thermal comfort, examining both individuals’ thermal sensations and the percentage of people dissatisfied with the thermal environment.
László Lenkovics, László Budulski, Gábor Loch, Anett Tímea Grozdics, Ágnes Borsos, Zsolt Kisander, János Girán, Mária Eördöghné Miklós, Balázs Cakó   +8 more
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Advancement on Thermal Comfort in Educational Buildings: Current Issues and Way Forward

Sustainability, 2021
The thermal environment in educational buildings is crucial to improve students’ health and productivity, as they spend a considerable amount of time in classrooms. Due to the complexity of educational buildings, research performed has been heterogeneous
Giulia Lamberti, G. Salvadori, F. Leccese, F. Fantozzi, P. Bluyssen   +4 more
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Correlation analysis of thermal comfort and physiological responses under different microclimates of urban park

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2022
Rapid urbanization has brought a range of urban environmental problems that could be harmful to human thermal comfort and health. Urban parks can improve outdoor thermal comfort significantly because of its cooling island effect. However, outdoor thermal
Ruirui Zhu, Xiaotong Zhang, Lei Yang, Yibin Liu, Yu Cong, Weijun Gao   +5 more
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Virtual Thermal Comfort Engineering [PDF]

SAE Technical Paper Series, 2001
<div class="htmlview paragraph">Simulation of passenger compartment climatic conditions is becoming increasingly important as a complement to wind tunnel and field testing to help achieve improved thermal comfort while reducing vehicle development time and cost.
Han, T., Huang, L., Kelly, S., Huizenga, C., Zhang, H.   +4 more
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Human thermal comfort in non-uniform thermal environments: A review

Energy and Built Environment
Thermal comfort is critical for ensuring the health and productivity of occupants and knowing their thermal demand could help creat a satisfying environment with the least energy waste.
Xiaowen Su, Yanping Yuan, Zhaojun Wang, Wei Liu, Li Lan, Zhiwei Lian   +5 more
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