Field study of human thermal comfort and thermal adaptability during the summer and winter in Beijing

Evaluating thermal comfort in mixed-mode buildings: A field study in a subtropical climate

“…Fanger and Toftum [31] also reported this phenomenon, and in their explanation, they suggested a modified PMV model that includes another subjective factor called "expectancy factor" to express people's psychological expectations in different thermal conditions. However, this explanation does not seem to be consistent with the results of previous adaptive comfort studies, which suggest that human thermal perception is a complex process involving not only the heat balance of the human body, but also non-thermal factors like physiological acclimatization, behavior adjustment, and psychological habituation or expectation [4,7,32]. A more recent study even suggested that occupants should be offered sufficient opportunities to interact with the thermal environment through various adaptive opportunities like operable windows, fans, and controllable cooling systems, as the capability of personal control over space conditioning systems could contribute to better thermal perception [3].…”

The influence of a student’s ‘home’ climate on room temperature and indoor environmental controls use in a modern halls of residence

“…Moreover, many studies in hot and humid climates have shown that occupants of naturally ventilated buildings have a wider range of comfort temperatures than those in air conditioned buildings. This provides further evidence of the importance of past experience and expectations of the indoor environment in determining thermal comfort [24,25,22,26,27].…”

“…Thermal comfort field studies have been carried out across the world for decades and it has been shown repeatedly that indoor comfort temperatures can vary in different local climate conditions [21,22,23]. This is explained by a combination of behavioural and psychological adaptive processes.…”

Conforto térmico humano em escritórios com sistema central de condicionamento artificial em clima subtropical úmido: estudos de campo vs. abordagem analítica

“…Na Malásia, o super-resfriamento foi indicado como o principal problema observado nas comparações entre os votos reais e os votos estimados (DAGHIGH; SOPIAN, 2009). No norte da Itália (RICCIARDI; BURATTI, 2012), na China (CAO et al, 2011) Com base nessa discussão, é possível concluir que quando se trata de conforto térmico em espaços internos condicionados artificialmente, pode haver discrepâncias entre o que é predito e o que é real. Tais discrepâncias ocorrem com frequência nas edificações de climas mais quentes ou durante os períodos mais quentes em edificações de climas amenos, independentemente do modo de climatização em operação no ambiente (HWANG et al, 2009;HENS, 2009;FONG;CHOW;LI, 2010;CAO et al, 2011;RICCIARDI;BURATTI, 2012;MAITI, 2013MAITI, , 2014 …”