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Citation

Rupp RF, Vásquez NG, Lamberts R. Energy Build. 2015; 105: 178-205.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.07.047

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to review the literature on human thermal comfort in the built environment. First an overview about the subject area is presented. This is followed by a review of papers published in the last 10 years that examine the various sub-areas of research related to human thermal comfort. Some remarkable works about both the Fanger's and adaptive thermal comfort models are also discussed. This review does not contain simulation works and/or experimental studies without subjective results of people. As a result of the literature review, 466 articles were classified and grouped to form the body of this article. The article examines standards, indoor experiments in controlled environments (climate chamber) and semi-controlled environments, indoor field studies in educational, office, residential and other building types, productivity, human physiological models, outdoor and semi-outdoor field studies. Several research topics are also addressed involving naturally ventilated, air-conditioned and mixed-mode buildings, personalized conditioning systems and the influence of personal (age, weight, gender, thermal history) and environmental (controls, layout, air movement, humidity, among others) variables on thermal comfort.

KW: Hyperthermia in automobiles


Language: en

Keywords

Built environment; Human thermal comfort; Review

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