Thermal Comfort in Built Environment: Challenges and Research Trends
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ArtikelUtgivningsinformation: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2024Beskrivning: 1 electronic resource (274 p.)Innehållstyp: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9783725812257
- 9783725812264
- Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes
- Technology: general issues
- Engineering: general
- Jeddah
- Mediterranean climate
- adaptive behaviors
- affordable housing
- arid region
- artificial intelligence
- average annual energy consumption (AAEC)
- building energy performance
- building information modeling
- building performance
- building performance gap
- climate change
- clustering algorithm
- deep learning
- energy efficiency
- green hospitals
- health risk assessment
- healthcare rating system
- heatwaves
- high-performance glazing (HPG)
- indoor air
- inhalable dust
- local thermal comfort
- local thermal sensation
- machine learning
- multi-unit housing
- natural ventilation
- naturally ventilated
- nearly zero energy buildings
- overheating
- personal ceiling fan
- personal norms
- psychological adaptation
- quantitative evaluation
- residential buildings
- residential high-rise design
- robust optimization
- seasonal variations
- sensitivity analysis
- simulation
- skin heat transfer
- sleep comfort
- sustainable environment
- sustainable rehabilitation
- test chamber
- thermal comfort
- thermal environment
- thermal perception
- thermal perception per building height
- thermal sensat
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To achieve the objectives of low-carbon and sustainable buildings, human thermal comfort and its related technologies are gaining increasing attention in recent years. This reprint focuses on two key issues of human thermal comfort: (1) a comprehensive scientific understanding of the intricate interplay between indoor occupants and their thermal environments, and (2) the technological advancements stemming from novel scientific breakthroughs. Special attention is given to thermal comfort in special spaces, of diverse groups, and with advanced technologies.
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