Process / pipelineComfort and indoor environmental quality
Thermal Comfort Assessment
Thermal Comfort Assessment is a method for evaluating indoor environmental conditions to predict whether occupants will feel thermally comfortable. Pioneered by Povl Ole Fanger in the 1970s, it combines measurements of air temperature, humidity, air speed, and thermal properties of clothing and activity to determine comfort zones and identify remedial actions.
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Sources
- Fanger, P. O. (1972). Thermal Comfort: Analysis and Applications in Environmental Engineering. Danish Technical Press, Copenhagen. link ↗
- Dearlove, J., Kharade, M. K., Datta, S. (2012). Survey of Comfort and Thermal Preferences in Mixed-Mode Buildings. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Healthy Buildings. link ↗
- Nicol, J. F., Humphreys, M. A. (2002). Adaptive Thermal Comfort and Sustainable Thermal Standards for Buildings. Energy and Buildings, 34(6), 563-572. DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(02)00006-3 ↗