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THERMAL COMFORT IN THE HUMID TROPICS. 2. CLIMATE CHAMBER EXPERIMENTS ON THERMAL ACCEPTABILITY IN SINGAPORE.

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

Summary

THE PAPER EXAMINES THE EFFECTS OF A YEAR-ROUND HOT AND HUMID CLIMATIC REGIME ON THE ACCEPTABILITY OF AMBIENT TEMPERATURES THAT ARE WARMER THAN PREFERRED. NINETY-EIGHT COLLEGE-AGE SUBJECTS WHO WERE NATURALLY ACCLIMATIZED TO SINGAPORE'S EQUATORIALATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT WERE STUDIED IN 10 EXPERIMENTS. SUBJECTS WERE SEDENTARY THROUGHOUT THE THREE-HOUR EXPERIMENTS AND CLOTHED IN A STANDARD UNIFORM. THERMAL SENSATION, COMFORT, AND ACCEPTABILITY RESPONSES WERE RECORDED EVERY 30 MINUTES.

Details

  • Original title: THERMAL COMFORT IN THE HUMID TROPICS. 2. CLIMATE CHAMBER EXPERIMENTS ON THERMAL ACCEPTABILITY IN SINGAPORE.
  • Record ID : 1992-2374
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1991
  • Source: Source: ASHRAE Trans.
    vol. 97; n. 1; 880-886; 4 fig.; 6 tabl.; 31 ref.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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