Thermal diary: Connecting temperature history to indoor comfort

• Published in: Building and Environment Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 877 - 885
• Main Authors: Chun, Chungyoon, Kwok, Alison, Mitamura, Teruaki, Miwa, Norie, Tamura, Akihiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2008; Elsevier BV; Elsevier
• Subjects: Air conditioning; Applied sciences; Building technical equipments; Buildings; Buildings. Public works; Climate chamber; Energy management and energy conservation in building; Environmental engineering; Exact sciences and technology; Historical account; Humidity; Indoor environments; Japan, Honshu, Kanagawa Prefect., Yokohama; Korea, Rep., Seoul; Q1; Q3; Seoul; Temperature; Temperature history; Thermal comfort; Thermal diary; Weather; Yokohama; South Korea; Asia; Japan; Korea; Yokohama; Thermal diary; Thermal comfort; Temperature history; Seoul; Climate chamber; Measurement; Methodology; Indoor climate; Daily variation; Survey; Thermal analysis; Comparative study

To explore the relationship between thermal history and indoor comfort, surveys and measurements were conducted in Seoul, Korea and Yokohama, Japan. Fifty-two subjects were recruited from university campuses in Seoul and Yokohama during the hot season in August 2002. To collect information regarding...