A Field Investigation on Adaptive Thermal Comfort in an Urban Environment Considering Individuals’ Psychological and Physiological Behaviors in a Cold-Winter of Wuhan
| Autor: | Chuancheng Li, Qinli Deng, Xilin Zhou, Mehdi Makvandi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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020209 energy
media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development lcsh:TJ807-830 Microclimate lcsh:Renewable energy sources 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law Affect (psychology) 01 natural sciences Adaptability Environmental health 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Cold winter lcsh:Environmental sciences 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common lcsh:GE1-350 outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment lcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants Thermal comfort effective environmental elements Climate classification behavioral conformity lcsh:TD194-195 Cfa and BWh Clothing insulation Psychology Urban environment cold-winter-and-hot-summer |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 678, p 678 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 2 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | To date, studies of outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) have focused primarily on physical factors, tending to overlook the relevance of individual adaptation to microclimate parameters through psychological and physiological behaviors. These adaptations can significantly affect the use of urban and outdoor spaces. The study presented here investigated these issues, with a view to aiding sustainable urban development. Measurements of OTC were taken at a university campus and in urban spaces. Simultaneously, a large-scale survey of thermal adaptability was conducted. Two groups were selected for investigation in a cold-winter-and-hot-summer (CWHS) region respondents came from humid subtropical (Cfa) and hot desert (BWh) climates, according to the Kö ppen Climate Classification (KCC). Results showed that: (1) neutral physiological equivalent temperature (NPET) and preferred PET for people from the Cfa (PCfa) and BWh (PBWh) groups could be obtained with KCC (2) PCfa adaptability behaviors were, subjectively, more adjustable than PBWhl (3) Clothing affected neutral temperature (NT), where NT reduced by approximately 0.5 ° C when clothing insulation rose 0.1 Clo and (4) Gender barely affected thermal acceptance vote (TAV) or thermal comfort vote (TCV) and there was a substantial relationship between thermal sensation, NT, and PET. These findings suggest &lsquo feels like&rsquo temperature and comfort may be adjusted via relationships between microclimate parameters. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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