Two surveys of the thermal environment and thermal sensations were conducted in the indoor and the semi-open spaces of traditional houses, during both summer and winter, in five districts of Nepal: Banke, Bhaktapur, Dhading, Kaski and Solukhumbu. The surveys were carried out for 40 days, gathering a total of 7116 thermal sensations from 103 subjects. The results show that residents are highly s...

The impacts of building envelope designs are significant on indoor thermal environment, especially for naturally ventilated buildings. Parametric façade studies were investigated for various orientations, window sizes and shading devices by using building simulation (ESP-r) and CFD (FLUENT) coupling program to predict indoor thermal environment in an accurate and quick way. Two typical weeks we...

Thermal manikins are essential tools for the comfort evaluation of the thermal environment and clothing as well as research into the dynamics of heat and moisture transfer from the human body to the environment – a foundation for thermal physiology and environmental engineering. Since the development of the first non-sweating, single segment copper thermal manikin by the US Army in 1940s, there...

Human-induced climate change is predicted to affect not only the mean temperature of the environment but also the variability and frequency of extreme climatic events. Variability in an organism's developmental environment has the potential to markedly affect an individual's growth trajectory and physiological function, leading to impacts on individual fitness and population dynamics. Thus, it ...

The range of thermal control and the thermoneutral range of preterm infants under 30 weeks' gestation was calculated by extrapolation of data from studies on more mature infants. Even assuming some thermoregulatory capacity, the range of control is less than 3 degrees C, the thermoneutral range is less than 0.5 degrees C, and both are greatly influenced by the rate of transepidermal water loss....

In order to study the thermal environment and comfort of university classrooms, a long-term on-site classroom in Hefei area is carried out by combining questionnaires data collection. A sensory model applicable established, through analysis it found that measured neutral temperature lower than predicted under PMV model, corresponding 90% acceptable ranges models are 22.0~25.6°C 17.2-24.9°C resp...