Despite the fact that buildings are designed for occupants in principle, evidence suggests
buildings are often uncomfortable compared to the requirements of standards; difficult to …

Urban overheating, driven by global climate change and urban development, is a major
contemporary challenge that substantially impacts urban livability and sustainability …

Conventional thermal preference prediction in buildings has limitations due to the difficulty in
capturing all environmental and personal factors. New model features can improve the …

Evaluating and optimising human comfort within the built environment is challenging due to
the large number of physiological, psychological and environmental variables that affect …

With the development of IoT technology and low-cost indoor air quality (IAQ) sensors, the IoT-
based IAQ monitoring platform has garnered significant research interest and demonstrated …

Thermal environment influences human thermal comfort significantly when people have
outdoor activities. Four environmental parameters determine outdoor thermal comfort, which …

Personal thermal comfort models are used to predict individual-level thermal comfort
responses to inform design and control decisions of buildings to achieve optimal …

Outdoor thermal comfort could significantly affect the usage and success of urban places.
Accordingly, it is recommended to be considered in both urban design and planning …

Global climate is changing as a result of anthropogenic warming, leading to higher daily
excursions of temperature in cities. Such elevated temperatures have great implications on …

Human thermal comfort depends on objective variables-related to the environment-and to
subjective variables, related to physiological conditions. While the former are relatively easy …