Download or read book Standards for Thermal Comfort written by Fergus Nicol and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1995 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current Standards for Indoor Air Temperature are inappropriate in many regions of the world. This forces designers to use highly serviced buildings to achieve air temperatures that accord with the standards to the detriment of the local and global environment. Standards for Thermal Comfort brings together contributions from around the world, reflecting new approaches to the setting of standards which can apply to all climates and cultures.
Download or read book Thermal Analysis human Comfort indoor Environments written by B. W. Mangum and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thermal Analysis Human Comfort Indoor Environments written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Thermal Environments written by Ken Parsons and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-12-26 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our responses to our thermal environment have a considerable effect on our performance and behavior, not least in the realm of work. There has been considerable scientific investigation of these responses and formal methods have been developed for environmental evaluation and design. In recent years these have been developed to the extent that detailed national and international standards of practice have now become feasible. This new edition of Ken Parson's definitive text brings us back up to date. He covers hot, moderate and cold environments, and defines these in terms of six basic parameters: air temperature, radiate temperature, humidity, air velocity, clothing worn, and the person's activity. There is a focus on the principles and practice of human response, which incorporates psychology, physiology and environmental physics with applied ergonomics. Water requirements, computer modeling and computer-aided design are brought in, as are current standards. Special populations, such as the aged or disabled and specialist environments such as those found in vehicles are also considered. This book continues to be the standard text for the design of environments for humans to live and work safely, comfortably and effectively, and for the design of materials which help the same people cope with their environments.
Download or read book THERMAL ANALYSIS written by United States. National Bureau of Standards and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lecture Notes On Engineering Human Thermal Comfort written by David S-k Ting and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human thermal comfort, namely in the areas of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (collectively known as 'HVAC'), is ubiquitous wherever human habitation may be found. Today, a large portion of the developed world's current energy demands are used to artificially keep the temperatures of our environments comfortable. It is therefore imperative for everyone, decision-makers and engineers alike, involved with the future of energy to be appropriately acquainted with HVAC.Lecture Notes on Engineering Human Thermal Comfort explains the quintessence of engineering human thermal comfort through straight-forward writing designed to help students better comprehend the materials presented. Illustrative figures, anecdotal banter, and ironical analogies interject the necessary technical humdrum to provide timeous stimuli in the midst of arduous technical details.This book is primarily for senior undergraduate engineering students interested in engineering human thermal comfort. It invokes some undergraduate knowledge of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics as needed, to enable students to appreciate thermal comfort engineering without the need to seek out other textbooks.
Download or read book Thermal Analysis human Comfort indoor Environments written by B. W. Mangum and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Indoor Thermal Comfort written by Francesca Romana d’Ambrosio Alfano and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the century begins, natural resources are under increasing pressure, threatening public health and development. As a result, the balance between man and nature has been disrupted, with climatic changes whose effects are starting to be irreversible. Due to the relationship between the quality of the indoor built environment and its energy demand, thermal comfort issues are still relevant in the disciplinary debate. This is also because the indoor environment has a potential impact on occupants' health and productivity, affecting their physical and psychological conditions. To achieve a sustainable compromise in terms of comfort and energy requirements, several challenging questions must be answered with regard to design, technical, engineering, psychological, and physiological issues and, finally, potential interactions with other IEQ issues that require a holistic way to conceive the building envelope design. This Special Issue collected original research and review articles on innovative designs, systems, and/or control domains that can enhance thermal comfort, work productivity, and wellbeing in a built environment, along with works considering the integration of human factors in buildings’ energy performance.
Download or read book Thermal Analysis human Comfort indoor Environments written by Billy W. Mangum and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Thermal Analysis Human Comfort Indoor Environments written by B. W. Mangum and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thermal Analysis-Human Comfort-Indoor Environments: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland, February 11, 1977 A review is given of existing knowledge regarding the conditions for thermal comfort for man, emphasizing research data Obtained during recent years. Equations, indices, and diagrams predicting man's thermal sensation, comfort, and discomfort as a function of air temperature, mean radiant temperature, air velocity, humidity, clothing, and activity are discussed. The influence on comfort conditions of age, adaptation, sex, seasonal, and circadian rhythm, temperature swings, color, and noise are dealt with. The term climate monotony is considered. Local discomfort due to radiant asymmetry, vertical air temperature gradients, and non - uniformity of clothing are discussed. New preliminary research data are presented on limits for draft and on comfort limits for floor temperatures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Thermal Analysis Human Comfort Indoor Environments Proceedings of a Symposium National Bureau of Standards Gaithersburg Md 1977 written by B. W. Mangum and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Thermal Environments written by Ken Parsons and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the ten years since the publication of the second edition of Human Thermal Environments: The Effects of Hot, Moderate, and Cold Environments on Human Health, Comfort, and Performance, Third Edition, the world has embraced electronic communications, making international collaboration almost instantaneous and global. However, there is still a need for a compilation of up-to-date information and best practices. Reflecting current changes in theory and applications, this third edition of a bestseller continues to be the standard text for the design of environments for humans to live and work safely, comfortably, and effectively, and for the design of materials that help people cope with their environments. See What’s New in the Third Edition: All existing chapters significantly updated Five new chapters Testing and development of clothing Adaptive models Thermal comfort for special populations Thermal comfort for special environments Extreme environments Weather Outdoor environments and climate change Fun runs, cold snaps, and heat waves The book covers hot, moderate, and cold environments, and defines them in terms of six basic parameters: air temperature, radiant temperature, humidity, air velocity, clothing worn, and the person’s activity. It focuses on the principles and practice of human response, which incorporates psychology, physiology, and environmental physics with applied ergonomics. The text then discusses water requirements, computer modeling, computer-aided design, and current standards. A systematic treatment of thermal environments and how they affect humans in real-world applications, the book links the health and engineering aspects of the built environment. It provides you with updated tools, techniques, and methods for the design of products and environments that achieve thermal comfort.
Download or read book Adaptive Thermal Comfort Foundations and Analysis written by Michael Humphreys and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been widespread dissatisfaction with accepted models for predicting the conditions that people will find thermally comfortable in buildings. These models require knowledge about clothing and activity, but can give little guidance on how to quantify them in any future situation. This has forced designers to make assumptions about people’s future behaviour based on very little information and, as a result, encouraged static design indoor temperatures. This book is the second in a three volume set covering all aspects of Adaptive Thermal Comfort. The first part narrates the development of the adaptive approach to thermal comfort from its early beginnings in the 1960s. It discusses recent work in the field and suggests ways in which it can be developed and modelled. Such models can be used to set dynamic, interactive standards for thermal comfort which will help overcome the problems inherited from the past. The second part of the volume engages with the practical and theoretical problems encountered in field studies and in their statistical analysis, providing guidance towards their resolution, so that valid conclusions may be drawn from such studies.
Download or read book Thermal Comfort Perception written by Kristian Fabbri and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Personal Comfort Systems for Improving Indoor Thermal Comfort and Air Quality written by Faming Wang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book first describes fundamental knowledge on human thermal comfort, adaptive thermal comfort, thermal comfort in sleeping environments, modeling of human thermal comfort, and thermal comfort assessment using human trials. Next, it presents an in-depth review of concept progress and evaluation of various personal comfort system, summarizes important findings and feasible applications, current gaps as well as future research needs. The seven chapters included in this section are task/ambient conditioning systems, personalized ventilation systems, electric fans, personal comfort systems, thermoelectric systems, personal thermal management systems, and wearable personal thermal comfort systems. This book provides valuable guidance for personal comfort system design and further improvement on the personal comfort performance. It will be a valuable resource for academic researchers, engineers in industry, and government regulators in the field of sustainable buildings and built environment.
Download or read book Thermal Analysis Human Comfort Indoor Environments written by Billy Wilson Mangum and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future of Thermal Comfort in an Energy Constrained World written by Tim Law and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-19 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dissertation investigates the scientific and business factors that have resulted in air-conditioning being a major contributor to climate-change. With his architectural background, the author demonstrates how a design methodology, not commonly adopted in scientific studies, may actually be a suitable way of dealing with a complex problem: the 'business as usual' scenario involving building science, sociological values and consumer behavior. Using his innovations as case studies, the author shows how good ideas cannot be evaluated on scientific merit alone and demonstrates why commercialization may have a pivotal role in deployment of research-based technology. He advances the theory of personalized thermal comfort which can potentially resolve the air-conditioning conundrum.
