After nearly twenty years of rapid modernization and urbanization in China, huge
achievements have transformed the daily lives of the Chinese people. However …

While there are plenty of anecdotal experiences of overcooled buildings in summer,
evidence from field studies suggests that there is indeed an issue of overcooling in tropical …

Current thermal comfort models are based on studies with adult subjects, mainly in offices.
There is no assurance however that these models apply to children. This paper presents …

Research into dynamic moisture storage in hygroscopic building materials has renewed
interest in the moisture buffering capacity of building materials and shown the potential for …

This chapter is intended to explain those aspects of human thermal physiology, heat and
moisture transfer from the skin surface, and human thermal comfort, that could be useful for …

A high or low humidity environment is related closely to not only many health problems, but
also has great influence on the construction durability and energy consumption. It is very …

The effect of humidity and temperature of inhaled air on perceived acceptability of the air
was studied. Thirty-eight subjects evaluated air at 14 combinations of temperature and …

Relative humidity is an important environmental factor that could affect thermal comfort in a
building. The influence of relative humidity on thermal comfort was studied in an …

The research presented in this paper shows that moisture transfer between indoor air and
hygroscopic building structures can generally improve indoor humidity conditions. This is …

Rapid growth in global energy consumption has raised concern on the environmental
impacts such as ozone layer depletion and climate change. Enclosed space, such as …