Thermal comfort of people in the hot and humid area of China-impacts of season, climate, and thermal history

• Published in: Indoor air Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 820 - 830
• Main Authors: Zhang, Y., Chen, H., Wang, J., Meng, Q.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2016; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Acclimatization; Buildings; Chambers; China; Climate; Comfort; Female; Heat acclimatization; Hot and humid area; Human behavior; Humans; Humid areas; Humidity; Indoor air quality; Male; Outdoor; Physiological responses; Seasons; Summer; Temperature; Thermal adaptation; Thermal comfort; Thermal history; Thermal sensation; Thermosensing; Ventilation; Young Adult; China, People's Rep; Hot and humid area; Thermal comfort; Heat acclimatization; Thermal adaptation; Thermal history; Thermal sensation

We conducted a climate chamber study on the thermal comfort of people in the hot and humid area of China. Sixty subjects from naturally ventilated buildings and buildings with split air conditioners participated in the study, and identical experiments were conducted in a climate chamber in both summ...