A review of studies and modelling of solar radiation on human thermal comfort in outdoor environment

Y Ji, J Song, P Shen - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal environment influences human thermal comfort significantly when people have
outdoor activities. Four environmental parameters determine outdoor thermal comfort, which …

A low-cost sensor network for real-time thermal stress monitoring and communication in occupational contexts

M Sulzer, A Christen, A Matzarakis - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The MoBiMet (Mobile Biometeorology System) is a low-cost device for thermal comfort
monitoring, designed for long-term deployment in indoor or semi-outdoor occupational …

Modified climate-based daylight modeling methods for buildings

Y Zhao, Z Tian - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
This study proposes two methods for calculating direct sunlight contribution, which can
replace the sun-coefficient method and obtain two modified five-phase methods for building …

Occupant-centered evaluation on indoor environments and energy savings of radiant cooling systems with high-intensity solar radiation

A Yongga, N Li, Y He, C Yuan, L Zhou, J Lu - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar radiation has an overwhelming influence on indoor thermal and light environments, as
well as building energy consumption. In this study, radiant cooling systems were applied to …

Quantifying the effects of indoor non-uniform solar radiation on human thermal comfort and work performance in warm season

Q Liu, N Li, Y He, J Pan, Y Chen - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Window-through solar radiation significantly affects indoor thermal environments as well as
human thermal comfort and health. This study aims to investigate occupants' thermal comfort …

Modeling solar radiation on a human body indoors by a novel mathematical model

Y He, E Arens, N Li, Z Wang, H Zhang, A Yongga… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Solar radiation affects occupant comfort and building energy consumption in ways that have
received relatively little attention in environmental design and energy simulation. Direct …

A novel solar-based human-centered framework to evaluate comfort-energy performance of thermochromic smart windows with advanced optical regulation

Y He, S Liu, CY Tso - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermochromic windows provide a promising and practical solution to lower building air
conditioning energy via automatically reducing window-through solar radiation which …

Tailored WBGT as a heat stress index to assess the direct solar radiation effect on indoor thermal comfort

S Mirzabeigi, BK Nasr, AG Mainini, JDB Cadena… - Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Uncontrolled solar radiation and the related effects on occupant productivity can lead to
considerable indoor thermal discomfort in office environments. In this paper, the Radiance …

Distribution and optimization of solar radiation in a solar greenhouse under the influence of wall shading

L Deng, A Li, J Che - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, an indoor solar radiation calculation model was established to investigate the
horizontal beam and diffuse radiation distributions in a solar greenhouse and their …

[HTML][HTML] Benchmarking clear sky and transposition models for solar irradiance estimation on vertical planes to facilitate glazed facade design

D Paul, G De Michele, B Najafi, S Avesani - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study aims to benchmark the models utilized for estimating the solar irradiance
on vertical planes that can facilitate the determination of critical conditions, which are utilized …