Personal thermal comfort studies are crucial for balancing both human comfort and building
energy savings. Thus, personal comfort models (PCMs) are expected to play a pivotal role in …

Pedestrians will experience different heat stress stages from sunlight to semi-open spray
space as they shuttle through stations with spray systems. There are few studies on the …

The adaptation phase is the primary process of subjective thermal comfort evaluations. The
time length of the adaptation phase in existing studies disperses largely, which either risks …

In this paper, we investigate the feasibility, robustness, and optimization of introducing
personal comfort systems (PCS), apparatuses that promises in energy saving and comfort …

Extreme weather has occurred frequently in recent years, which has a significant impact on
the thermal perception of people who need to work outdoors and people living in cold …

The conventional approach to creating a uniform and stable thermal environment cannot
guarantee the required thermal satisfaction rate and consumes significant energy. Personal …

The exercise behavior has a significant impact on thermal comfort and energy consumption
in heating buildings. It is crucial to strike a balance between building energy efficiency and …

Personal thermal management clothing has garnered significant attention in recent years for
offering innovative solutions to address extreme environments. By examining the “human …

People working in cold regions often need to move frequently between indoor and outdoor
environments. Due to sex differences in metabolic rates and thermal sensitivity, repeated …

Specific occupations and activities often require the ability to provide heating in cold open
environments. This leads to a conflict between personnel comfort and portable energy …