thermal comfort

ASHRAE-American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers

"the sole purpose of advancing the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration for the public's benefit through research, standards writing, continuing education and publications."




Center for the Built Environment, U of Berkeley

mission is to improve the design, operation, and environmental quality of buildings by providing timely, unbiased information on building technologies and design techniques.




Thermal comfort model at CBE

"development of a computer model of the building occupant that is sensitive to detailed thermal asymmetries around the body"

a universal scale

"Bonum": the degree of a universal scale for the comfort metric, by Badagliacca, A., 2002

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A theoretical adaptive model of thermal comfort - Adaptive Predicted Mean Vote (aPMV), by Yao, R., Li, B. and Liu, J., 2009

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Adaptive thermal comfort and sustainable thermal standards for buildings, by Nicol, J. F. and Humphreys, M. A., 2002

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Air turbulence and sensation of draught, by Fanger, P. O., Melikov, A. K., Hanzawa, H. and Ring, J., 1988

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An adaptive guideline for UK office temperatures, by Humphreys, M. A. and Nicol, J. F., 1995

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BSR/ASHRAE Standard 55-1992R, thermal environmental conditions for human occupancy, first public review draft, by ASHRAE, 2001

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Controlling wood moisture content during durability testing using the FPL soil pan decay technique, by Winandy, J. E., Curling, S. and Lebow, P. K., 2002

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Derivation of the adaptive equations for thermal comfort in free-running buildings in European standard EN15251, by Nicol, F. and Humphreys, M., 2009

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Discomfort due to air velocities in spaces, by Fanger PO, Pedersen CJK, 1977

a question long to come

Forty years of Fanger's model of thermal comfort: comfort for all?, by Hoof, J. van., 2008

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Impact of dynamic airflow on human thermal response, by Zhou, X., Ouyang, Q., Lin, G. and Zhu, Y., 2006

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Introduction to thermal comfort standards and to the proposed new version of EN ISO 7730, by Olesen, B.W. and Parsons, K.C, 2002

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Investigation of transient thermal environments, by Zhao, R., 2007

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Moisture influence in building for thermal comfort in hot humid region, by Suman, B. M., K. N. Agarwal, et al., 2000

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Numerical simulation of the indoor environment , by Gana, G. and Awbia, H. B., 1994

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Thermal Comfort, by Fanger, P., 1970

ASHRAE Standard 55

Thermal comfort in naturally ventilated buildings: revisions to ASHRAE Standard 55, by de Dear, R.J. and G. S. Bragerb, 2002

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Thermal environmental conditions for human occupancy, ASHRAE Standard 55-2004, by Ashrae,, 2004