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Thermal comfort adaptive model for the subtropics.

Number: pap. 470

Author(s) : MONTEIRO L. M., ALUCCI M. P.

Summary

The objective of this research is to propose a thermal comfort index, allowing for the prediction of thermal adequacy in urban outdoor spaces. It also considers an empirical verification of the proposed model in subtropical climate conditions. The method adopted is experimental inductive, by means of field research based on a total of ninety-eight micro-climatic situations (air temperature, relative humidity, air velocity and mean radiant temperature) and over two thousand and five hundred applied questionnaires of thermal sensation perception and preference. Deductive method is also applied, by means of regression analysis, considering seventy-two different micro-climatic conditions. The results are verified by empirical research considering the results from twenty-six different micro-climatic conditions gathered in different urban situations from the previous survey. The significance of the results is considered through comparison with the results obtained by simulation of different predictive models and their respective indexes. The results from the proposed equation, compared with those from the other predictive models, showed that, for specific subtropical microclimatic conditions, they present better correlations with the data observed.

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  • Original title: Thermal comfort adaptive model for the subtropics.
  • Record ID : 30009190
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Clima 2013. 11th REHVA World Congress and 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings.
  • Publication date: 2013/06/16

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