Changes in thermal comfortable condition in the Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau from 1979 to 2020
Advances in Climate Change Research, 2022 Qinghai‒Tibet Plateau (QTP) is one of the most sensitive regions to climate change in the world. As a result, people in the QTP are more likely to be sensitively affected by climate change than those in other regions, particularly in the poverty area ...
Lan-Yue Zhou +3 more
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Effects of Orientations, Aspect Ratios, Pavement Materials and Vegetation Elements on Thermal Stress inside Typical Urban Canyons [PDF]
, 2019 The analysis of local climate conditions to test artificial urban boundaries and related climate hazards through modelling tools should become a common practice to inform public authorities about the benefits of planning alternatives. Different finishing
Acero, J.A. +5 more
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UNIVERSAL THERMAL CLIMATE INDEX (UTCI) APPLIED TO DETERMINE THRESHOLDS FOR TEMPERATURE-RELATED MORTALITY [PDF]
Health Risk Analysis, 2019 Our research goal was to examine a response in mortality among population in Arkhangelsk caused by exposure to high and low temperatures. We determined the best available mortality predictor out of air temperature and Universal Thermal Climate Index that characterizes how people feel temperature and detected threshold temperatures depending on sex, age,
N.V. Shartova +3 more
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Outdoor Thermal Environments and Activities in Open Space: An Experiment Study in Humid Subtropical Climates [PDF]
, 2016 The outdoor thermal environment correlates with occupant behaviors in open spaces. The appropriate range of thermal environment that is conducive to outdoor activities, however, remains inadequately defined.
Huang, J +4 more
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Frontiers in Built Environment, 2021 Climate change causing an increase of frequency and magnitude of heat waves has a huge impact on the urban population worldwide. In Indonesia, the Southeast Asian country in the tropical climate zone, the increasing heat wave duration due to climate ...
Martiwi Diah Setiawati +5 more
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Thermal stress during heat waves and cold spells in Poland
Weather and Climate Extremes, 2023 The study objective was the determination of the temporal and spatial variability/changes in the occurrence of heat waves and cold spells in Poland, and characteristics of biometeorological conditions during their occurrence based on the Universal ...
Arkadiusz M. Tomczyk, Ewa Bednorz
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Thermofeel: A python thermal comfort indices library
SoftwareX, 2022 Here the development of the python library thermofeel is described. thermofeel was developed so that prominent internationally used thermal indices (i.e.
Chloe Brimicombe +5 more
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Connecting the realms of urban form, density and microclimate [PDF]
, 2018 Av doktorgradsstudenter på norske universiteter, er det en fjerdedel som ikke fullfører innen normert tid. Det er lite forskning på hvorfor det er slik i Norge.
Emmanuel, Rohinton, Steemers, Koen
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Nexus of thermal resilience and energy efficiency in buildings: A case study of a nursing home [PDF]
, 2020 Extreme weather events become more frequent and severe due to climate change. Although energy efficiency technologies can influence thermal resilience of buildings, they are traditionally studied separately, and their interconnections are rarely ...
Hong, T, Specian, M, Sun, K
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Wireless sensors and IoT platform for intelligent HVAC control [PDF]
, 2018 Energy consumption of buildings (residential and non-residential) represents approximately 40% of total world electricity consumption, with half of this energy consumed by HVAC systems.
Duarte, Hélder +3 more
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