Investigation of indoor environment quality and factors affecting human comfort: A critical review

GA Ganesh, SL Sinha, TN Verma… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This article reviews the literature on the Indoor Environment Quality of a built environment.
Thermal comfort is a complex concern and the methods studied so far are only approximate …

Thermal comfort in Indian naturally ventilated buildings: A comprehensive review

AA Kaushal, P Anand, BH Aithal, J Sen - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
A significant amount of global energy is expended to meet the cooling requirements in
buildings. There has been a huge shift from naturally ventilated buildings to air-conditioning …

A field investigation on adaptive thermal comfort in school buildings in the temperate climatic region of Nepal

M Shrestha, HB Rijal, G Kayo, M Shukuya - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
A comfortable indoor environment is essential for students' health and academic
performance in schools. As no major concerns were raised on the thermal comfort of …

The influence of relative humidity on adaptive thermal comfort

M Vellei, M Herrera, D Fosas, S Natarajan - Building and Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Buildings generate nearly 30% of global carbon emissions, primarily due to the need to heat
or cool them to meet acceptable indoor temperatures. In the last 20 years, the empirically …

Thermal comfort in university classrooms: An experimental study in the tropics

G Guevara, G Soriano, I Mino-Rodriguez - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermal comfort is a paramount objective in university classrooms when the aim is to
maximise learning and productivity performance. The challenge to achieve thermal comfort …

Thermal comfort in naturally ventilated university classrooms: a seasonal field study in Xi'an, China

X Wang, L Yang, S Gao, S Zhao, Y Zhai - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Providing comfortable indoor thermal conditions in educational buildings is essential for
students' learning performance and general satisfaction. This study investigates seasonal …

Status of thermal comfort in naturally ventilated university classrooms of Bangladesh in hot and humid summer season

MSJ Talukdar, TH Talukdar, MK Singh… - Journal of building …, 2020 - Elsevier
Indoor thermal comfort is dynamic because of complex interactions between occupants,
season-specific climatic parameters, and region-specific socio-cultural setup. A thermally …

Review of fan-use rates in field studies and their effects on thermal comfort, energy conservation, and human productivity

Y He, W Chen, Z Wang, H Zhang - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper is a literature review of field studies on fan-use rates and their effects on thermal
comfort, energy conservation, and human productivity. In the assessed literature, fans are …

Multi-objective optimisations of envelope components for a prefabricated house in six climate zones

S Naji, L Aye, M Noguchi - Applied energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The ever-increasing attention towards implementation of environmentally sustainable
buildings necessitates the predictions of energy consumption and indoor environmental …

Thermal comfort studies for the naturally ventilated built environments in Indian subcontinent: A review

A Sharma, A Kumar, KS Kulkarni - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The history of research on thermal comfort in built environment is an exhaustive one and
there are several established ways to evaluate comfortable thermal conditions for various …