The uncertainty of subjective thermal comfort measurement

• Published in: Energy and buildings Vol. 181; pp. 38 - 49
• Main Authors: Wang, Jingyi, Wang, Zhe, de Dear, Richard, Luo, Maohui, Ghahramani, Ali, Lin, Borong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Elsevier B.V 15.12.2018; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Balances (scales); Data processing; Energy modeling; Humidity; Individual difference; Standard error; Subjective survey; Thermal comfort; Uncertainty; Uncertainty analysis; Uncertainty; Thermal comfort; Individual difference; Subjective survey

This paper presents an uncertainty analysis of subjective thermal comfort measurement, which was overlooked in some subjective thermal comfort studies. Three chamber experiments were conducted to collect the data and to analyze how the uncertainty of subjective measurement is influenced by the surve...