Energy and Built Environment, 2023 The thermal comfort of frail people has to be considered carefully, mainly because of the high thermal sensitivity of this population and the negative influences that unsatisfactory thermal conditions have on their health.
Zoubayre El akili +4 more
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The Effect of Length of Service in a Thermal Environment on Thermal Comfort and Mental Stress
Buildings, 2023 An inappropriate thermal environment negatively impacts workers, causing mental stress and safety accidents. Unskilled workers are more vulnerable to industrial accidents and thermal stress compared with skilled workers due to suboptimal and unfamiliar ...
Young-Sub Shin +3 more
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Predicting education building occupants’ thermal sensation through CatBoost-DF algorithm
Applied Artificial Intelligence, 2023 A novel machine learning method, named CatBoost-DF (CatBoost deep forest), is proposed to solve this existing problem of low accuracy and lack of practicality in thermal sensation prediction.
Jianji Ren +4 more
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Assessment of predicted versus measured thermal comfort and optimal comfort ranges in the outdoor environment in the temperate climate of Glasgow, UK [PDF]
, 2014 In a warming world, the risk of overheating is significant in temperate climate areas such as Glasgow, UK where adaptation to overheating is low. An easy-to-use thermal comfort evaluation is therefore a necessary first step towards developing effective ...
Drach, Patricia +2 more
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An empirical analysis of potential cyclist injuries and cycling outfit comfort [PDF]
, 2019 This study investigated the relationship between pain/injury and training characteristics in cyclists. In addition, ergonomic wear comfort of their garments was investigated. A total of 94 complete questionnaire responses were analyzed.
Ciocci, Maria-Cristina +5 more
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Enhancing cooling performance via airflow temperature fluctuations [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 In ventilated and air-conditioned indoor environment, air movement substantially impacts thermal sensation and comfort of occupants from the point of view of whole body and local thermal sensation.
Lampret Žiga +2 more
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Evaluating the perception of thermal environment in naturally ventilated schools in a warm and humid climate in Nigeria [PDF]
, 2021 Field study was conducted in naturally ventilated primary school buildings in a warm and humid environment in Imo State, Nigeria to determine the thermal comfort perception of young children (aged 7–12 years) and to understand the thermal conditions in ...
Ji, Y, Munonye, CC
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Learning occupants’ indoor comfort temperature through a Bayesian inference approach for office buildings in United States [PDF]
, 2020 A carefully chosen indoor comfort temperature as the thermostat set-point is the key to optimizing building energy use and occupants’ comfort and well-being.
Hong, T, Wang, Z
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Numerical optimisation of thermal comfort improvement for indoor environment with occupants and furniture [PDF]
, 2015 Indoor thermal environment of a 3-D ventilated room was studied by computational fluid dynamics to understand correlations between heat generation, ventilation velocity and thermal sensation ...
Horikiri, Kana, Yao, Jun, Yao, Yufeng
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The response of human thermal sensation and its prediction to temperature step-change (cool-neutral-cool). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 This paper reports on studies of the effect of temperature step-change (between a cool and a neutral environment) on human thermal sensation and skin temperature.
Xiuyuan Du +7 more
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