Using available data of outdoor temperatures in a given locality, it is possible, the author
suggests, to forecast the range of temperatures that occupants will require indoors in order …

Public exercise facilities have recently emerged across China. This study aims to investigate
the impacts of exercise intensity and thermal environment on thermal responses as well as …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the dependency of comfortable temperatures
upon indoor and outdoor climates. A building and its occupants can be regarded, from the …

Secondary schoolchildren in England were asked to assess thermal conditions in winter
according to subjective sensations of warmth. Conditions of normal occupancy and activity …

International Series of Monographs in Heating, Ventilation, and Refrigeration, Volume 4: The
Control of Indoor Climate focuses on the many problems in heating, cooling, and ventilation …

The overheating problem experienced during Islamic pilgrimage in recent years has caused
serious thermal discomfort and a number of mortalities among pilgrims coming from various …

People from diverse ethnic groups or geographical climates may experience different
thermal sensations in the same environment (Nakano et al. 2002). Some studies have …

The need for air conditioning presumes that there are environments disliked by human
beings. The first aim in adjusting the environment is to avoid discomfort; then perhaps to …

In order to examine relationships between thermal parameters and subjective response, a
class of 33 13‐year‐old children was studied over a period of 63 weeks. Children completed …