THERMAL COMFORT OF NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS IN HOT SUMMER/COLD WINTER REGION, CHINA
A thermal comfort field study has been conducted in five cities in the hot summer/cold winter region in china. The survey was performed in naturally ventilated buildings during the summer season in 2006. A total number of 129 occupants from 65 buildings took part in this study. Thermal comfort variables were measured at the same time when occupants answered a questionnaire concerning their thermal perception of the indoor climate. The neutral operative temperature was found to occur at 28.3 ℃ and the range of accepted temperature was between 25.0 ℃ and 31.6 ℃. Thermal acceptability assessment reveals that indoor environment couldnt meet the 80％ acceptability criteria prescribed by ASHRAE Standard 55. Thermal preference analysis reveals that people had a preference to cooler conditions than neutral. Indoor air velocity had a significant influence over the occupants comfort sensation and people required a high level of air velocity in order to feel comfortable in summer. The study also investigated the occupants adaptive control preference in creating a more thermally comfortable indoor environment.
Thermal comfort Naturally ventilated buildings Neutral operative temperature Air velocity Adaptive control
Wei Yang Guoqiang Zhang
College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
国际会议
北京
英文
2007-09-07（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）