With the acceleration of urbanization throughout the world, climate problems related to climate change including urban heat islands and global warming have become challenges to urban human settlements.
Yu Cong +6 more
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Evaluation of Four Models for Predicting Thermal Sensation in Chinese Residential Kitchen [PDF]
Thermal environment in residential kitchen in China is transient and non-uniform and with strong radiation asymmetry from gas stove. Due to the complexity of kitchen thermal environment, it is not sure if previous thermal comfort models can accurately ...
Zhou Xiaojie +9 more
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Study on Outdoor Thermal Comfort in the Transitional Season of Hefei [PDF]
In order to study the outdoor thermal comfort during the transition season in Hefei, a university in Hefei adopted a combination of field environmental measurements and questionnaires to study the changes in thermal sensation and thermal comfort of ...
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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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Thermal response test analysis of adults and preschoolers under radiant floor heating environment in a hot-summer and cold-winter area [PDF]
The subjective and objective thermal comfort evaluations of adults and preschoolers in radiant floor heating rooms in a hot-summer and cold-winter area are tested in this article, and the thermal response of the two groups of subjects are analysed using ...
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Thermal-sensation evaluation scales.
Thermal-sensation evaluation scales.
Chenming Zhang (455452) +3 more
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The Effect of Length of Service in a Thermal Environment on Thermal Comfort and Mental Stress
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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Neutral thermal sensation or dynamic thermal comfort? Numerical and field test analysis of a thermal chair [PDF]
Neutral thermal sensation is considered as the measure of thermal comfort in research, as when participants report feeling neutral regarding the thermal environment, they are considered as thermally comfortable.
Nasir, Diana S. N. M. +17 more
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The role of a building’s thermal properties on pupils’ thermal comfort in junior school classrooms as determined in field studies [PDF]
Recent thermal comfort research in a light-weight junior school building showed that children were more sensitive to higher temperatures than adults and subsequently that current thermal comfort standards were not appropriate for the assessment of their ...
James, Patrick A.B. +5 more
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Enhancing cooling performance via airflow temperature fluctuations [PDF]
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.
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