TRANSITIONAL SPACES IN S?O PAULO, BRAZIL: MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND EMPIRICAL CALIBRATION FOR THERMAL COMFORT ASSESSMENT
This paper presents different thermal comfort models and empirical verification for assessment of the thermal conditions of transitional spaces in the city of S?o Paulo, Brazil. The method adopted is deductive, performing simulations of predictive models, and experimental inductive, considering field research of micro-climatic variables and subjective answers. The thermal comfort predictive models considered were computationally processed. For the empirical verification, two case studies (one, semi-outdoor; the other, semi-indoor) were took into account, with the application of 886 questionnaires in a total of 24 different micro-climatic conditions. The results of the computational simulations were compared to the ones of the empirical field research. Considering the results found, the most appropriated model showed to be the Neutral Operative Temperature. Using the empirical data gathered, this index was calibrated through the proposal of a new equation for even better predictions of thermal comfort in transitional spaces in S?o Paulo, Brazil.
Thermal comfort Predictive models Empirical calibration Transitional spaces.
Leonardo M.Monteiro Marcia P.Alucci
Department of Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of University of Sao Paulo Rua do Lago, 876 – Cidade Universitaria – S?o Paulo – SP – 055008-080 – Brazil
国际会议
北京
英文
2007-09-03（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）