An Ezperimental Study on the Effects of Climatic Characteristics on Peoples Adaptability to the Thermal Environment
This paper tried to find how the climatic characteristics affect peoples adaptability to the thermal environment. Hence, an experimental study on the effects of transient season (from spring to summer) and the occupants native areas on indoor thermal sensation was taken in a climate chamber. Results revealed that peoples tolerance to cool and warm indoor environment was different in transient season. When the outdoor temperature was higher, the occupants had weaker tolerance to cool indoor environment, while they had stronger tolerance to warm indoor environment. Besides, it was found that the occupants thermal sensation to the same indoor environment depends on not only the climatic characteristics of the season but also of their native areas. The people from south China presented greater tolerance to both warm and cool environment than those from the north. The reason why was explained according to the occupants adaptability to the climatic characteristics and the indoor thermal environment of their native areas in different climate zones.
Climatic characteristics Adaptability Thermal sensation Tolerance
Juan Yu Yingxin Zhu Qin Ouyang Bin Cao Xiang Zhou Guoguang Cao Kaiyu Sun
School of Environment,Donghua University,Shanghai,China School of Architecture,Tsinghua University,B School of Architecture,Tsinghua University,Beijing,China School of Mechanics,Tongji University,Shanghai,China
国际会议
The 6th International Symposium on Heating,Ventilating and Air Conditioning(第六届国际暖通空调学术会议)
南京
英文
1199-1206
2009-11-06（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）