In Europe and worldwide several legislations are adopting comfort models that include the variability of occupants behaviour based on the external climate conditions. The latest adaptive comfort methods consider outdoor temperature not only as a steady variable but also as the representation of occupants past thermal history. The paper presented deals with a summer environmental monitoring carr...

Indoor air pollution has recently become a public concern in Taiwan. People recognize that indoor air quality (IAQ) may be more important than outdoor air quality because they spend over 80% of their time indoors. IAQ could affect health and comfort of building occupants. The objectives of this study are (1) to characterize the indoor concentrations of selected air pollutants at two hospitals i...

OUTDOOR/INDOOR AIR QUALITY IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN LISBON: A PRELIMINARY STUDY. Simultaneous measurements of outdoor and indoor pollution were performed at three schools in Lisbon. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), formaldehyde and NO 2 were passively monitored over a two-week period. Bacterial and fungal colony-forming units and comfort parameters were also monitored at classrooms and playgroun...

Thermal comfort studies have been developed all around the world by many authors and some adaptive comfort models have been proved specifically for warm climates. An educational software developed some years ago for temperate climate, ACT (Program for the Evaluation of Thermal Comfort), by Isalgué and Serra, has been proved and used successfully by students in the Mediterranean climate of Barce...

In recent decades, urban planners have endeavoured to mitigate climate change, by adaptation programs in order alleviate its adverse effects on human health and wellbeing. Outdoor thermal comfort as an environmental factor affects health, proven various research studies conducted different climates. The aim of this paper is explore the components heat island, outdoor comfort, form. relationship...