A Review of Thermal Comfort Studies in Japan

Abstract

More than 50 papers on thermal comfort are presented in various meetings and symposia every year in Japan. Topics covered by these papers include comfort zone, the effect of fluctuating air movement and asymmetric thermal radiation on human responses, the dynamic analysis of human responses, psychological and behavioral aspects of thermal comfort, and the development of environmental indices, to name a few. This paper briefly reviews these investigations.

Required temperature distribution based on clothing insulation and metabolic rate survey in Japan

“…The trend of research on thermal comfort in Japan has been reviewed by Horikoshi. 8 However, few studies have measured metabolic rates and clothing insulation levels in actual offices.…”