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THERMAL COMFORT IN THE HUMID TROPICS. 1. CLIMATE CHAMBER EXPERIMENTS ON TEMPERATURE PREFERENCES IN SINGAPORE.

Author(s) : DEAR R. J. de, LEOW K. G., AMEEN A.

Summary

PREFERRED ROOM TEMPERATURES WERE DETERMINED FOR 16 MALE AND 16 FEMALE COLLEGE-AGE SUBJECTS WHO WERE NATURALLY ACCLIMATIZED TO SINGAPORE'S YEAR-ROUND HOT AND HUMID EQUATORIALCLIMATE. THE SUBJECTS WERE CLOTHED IN A STANDARD UNIFORM AND REMAINED SEDENTARY THROUGHOUT THE EXPERIMENT. THE MEAN OF THE 32 INDIVIDUALLY DETERMINED PREFERRED TEMPERATURES AT THE END OF THE TWO-AND-A-HALF-HOUR EXPOSURE WAS 25.4 DEG C, WITH A BETWEEN-SUBJECTS STANDARD DEVIATION OF 1.2 DEG C. OTHER RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS ARE GIVEN.

Details

  • Original title: THERMAL COMFORT IN THE HUMID TROPICS. 1. CLIMATE CHAMBER EXPERIMENTS ON TEMPERATURE PREFERENCES IN SINGAPORE.
  • Record ID : 1992-2373
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1991
  • Source: Source: ASHRAE Trans.
    vol. 97; n. 1; 874-879; 2 fig.; 2 tabl.; 33 ref.; discuss.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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