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Showing 1 to 20 of 218 for “"Thermal comfort"”.
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Thermal Comfort in Naturally Ventilated Schools
… a healthy and productive environment. Providing thermal comfort in classrooms is an obvious necessity because students spend up to one-third of the day in school. Elevated air temperature is a common problem in most school classrooms during periods of increased thermal load; however, it could …
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Assessing Thermal Comfort in Deep Underground Mines
… importance of workers maintaining relative body comfort in deep hot underground mines is of great significance. This is because productivity, health, safety and the bottom line of mine operations depend on it. Comfort studies have been extensively researched, especially in the built and …
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Asymmetric radiant fields and human thermal comfort
… principles model for predicting human local thermal comfort responses to asymmetric radiation environments. The research deployed state-of-the-art computer simulation techniques to model in detail inhomogeneous short-wave and long-wave radiative heat exchanges of standing and sedentary …
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Outdoor thermal comfort index in Malaysian urban areas
… due to urban heat island phenomenon. These thermal environmental problems can be even more challenging to people living in urban areas with tropical hot and humid climatic conditions throughout the year. Buildings in urban area is one of the major elements that contributes to the heat stress …
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User-adaptable and minimum-power thermal comfort control
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1992.
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Adaptive thermal comfort computation with Zigbee wireless sensor networks
… we investigate Zigbee's application in computing thermal comfort in indoor environments as an extension of home automation systems. Maintenance of thermal comfort consumes a large majority of energy costs. In our home automation system we interfaced a Honeywell based humidity sensor. The Zigbee …
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The effects of clothing insulation and temperature on thermal comfort
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Energy conservation and thermal comfort in buildings in northern Pakistan
… is mostly due to the higher wall and roof thermal resistance values of the traditional home. Further insulation of the walls in both home types is recommended. In the case of the modem homes adding R-5 of rigid foam insulation is estimated to reduce heat loss by 46 percent, over the base …
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Perceived thermal comfort and energy conservation strategies in residential heating
The perception of thermal comfort is an important factor influencing the acceptability of residential heating strategies. The perceived thermal comfort may affect a person's inclination to try a strategy or to use it on a long-term basis. In the study, perceived thermal comfort was assessed in …
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A Study of Thermal Comfort and Cost Effectiveness of Stratum Ventilation
This study focuses on thermal comfort and cost effectiveness of stratum ventilation in subtropical Hong Kong Special Administration Region (HKSAR). The need for studying thermal comfort with various air distribution strategies becomes a significant issue recently due to climate change, increasing …
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Interaction between thermal comfort and HVAC energy consumption in commercial buildings
… Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems and occupants’ thermal comfort in commercial buildings. A numerical model was developed to perform a thermal analysis of a single zone and simultaneously investigate its occupants’ thermal sensations as a non-linear function of the thermal environmental (i.e. …
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Adaptive sensing and personalized thermal comfort prediction for building energy efficiency
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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Improving the Fanger model's thermal comfort predictions for naturally ventilated spaces
The Fanger model is the official thermal comfort model in U.S. and international standards and is based on the heat balance of the human body with the environment. This investigation focuses on re-specifying the parameters in Fanger's model, the majority of which are empirically-derived …
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An Analysis of Thermal Comfort Perception in Cal Poly's Math & Science Building
… to provide room occupants with the best, most comfortable, and healthiest possible environment, which is known as Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ). This thesis aims to identify how we can provide comfortable learning environments to improve student success. To determine the best possible …
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Maximizing indoor air quality and thermal comfort in naturally ventilated education buildings
… conditions of poor indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal discomfort have been reported to negatively impact the health, wellbeing, and academic performance of students and faculty. Accordingly, building owners and designers need to carefully analyze and optimize the design of these buildings in …
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Dependence of outdoor thermal comfort on street design in hot and dry climate
… of street design toward the development of a comfortable microclimate at street level for pedestrians. The work is design-oriented and seeks to provide a quantitative knowledge readily interpretable from the perspective of urban designers. Street geometries are investigated, including various …
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Understanding thermal comfort and wellbeing of older South Australians using occupant-centric models
… information to aid older people’s thermal comfort and related wellbeing is not always considered. This thesis addresses the current knowledge on thermal comfort of older people in order to provide environments that meet their individual requirements and help improve their overall …
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Fundamental studies on ventilation for improving thermal comfort conditions and indoor air quality
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On the Relationship Between Spatial-Temporal Outdoor Thermal Comfort Simulations and Bike Ridership
Predicting resident comfort throughout a city over time and predicting the impact of these thermal sensations on mobility mode choice are key information required by urban planners and policy makers to promote and implement thermal comfort concepts. The Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) has …
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