A review of adaptive thermal comfort research since 1998

A field investigation on adaptive thermal comfort in school buildings in the temperate climatic region of Nepal

“…This result agrees with recent studies focusing on student wellbeing in NV classrooms with wide ranging comfort temperature [32,33,61,62]. According to another recent study [12], the thermal comfort state of the students is outside the comfort zone prescribed in the ASHRAE standard. They tend to feel comfortable in a cool indoor thermal environment.…”

“…It may not be easy for students to use adaptive behaviour because of the school rules, including the dress code. The students in the classroom tend to become passive recipients for creating desired conditions, which is central in the adaptive thermal comfort theory [12]. Therefore, the thermal comfort perceived by students within classrooms could be different from that perceived by adults in offices.…”

Long-term evaluation of residential summer thermal comfort: Measured vs. perceived thermal conditions in nZEB houses in Wallonia

“…Although defined primarily for office buildings, adaptive capacitiesfor example, linked to the possibility of opening windows or adjusting solar protection devicesalso exist in other building types where the adaptive thermal comfort approach can be applied [17,39]. Despite some limiting factors depending on the surrounding environment (e.g., presence of noise, safety, pollution, etc.)…”

Thermal Comfort Assessment during Winter Season: A Case Study on Portuguese Public Social Housing

“…An extensive review of thermal comfort models based on people's thermal sensation to several environments can be found in [32], and specifically for human thermal comfort in the built environment in [33]. Thermal comfort, defined as "that condition of mind that expresses satisfaction with the thermal environment" [34], is generally assessed in the built environment using two different conceptual approaches: the static model and the adaptive model. The static model is mainly derived from experiments in climate chambers [35] and uses an approach based on a balance between building occupant metabolic heat production and its interaction with indoor environmental conditions, considering individuals as the only a recipients of the thermal stimulus.…”

“…Regarding the adaptive model, a review about the adaptive thermal comfort models and its integration in built environmental regulatory documents is extensively described in [34,36], as, among the several available possibilities, the ASHRAE 55-2017 and the European standard EN 16798-1:2019 are currently the two documents regarded as international standards for adaptive thermal comfort and have been used in several studies worldwide [37]. Although both documents consider that comfort temperature inside buildings depend on the variation of outdoor temperatures in the preceding days, the EN 16798-1:2019 [38] was chosen for this study as it includes the adaptive thermal comfort model developed and applicable for Europe, and it constitutes the modification of the previous standard (EN 15251:2007), for which relevant data source was collected in several locations (including Portugal) so as to define the model.…”