Indoor Thermal Comfort Perception A Questionnaire Approach Focusing on Children /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Fabbri, Kristian (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Energy.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Building construction.; Environmental health.; Cognitive psychology.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Building Physics, HVAC.; Interior Architecture.; Environmental Health.; Cognitive Psychology.

Providing a methodology for evaluating indoor thermal comfort with a focus on children, this book presents an in-depth examination of children’s perceptions of comfort. Divided into two sections, it first presents a history of thermal comfort, the human body and environmental parameters, common ther...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• A brief history of thermal comfort: from Effective Temperature to Adaptive Thermal Comfort
• Ergonomics of the thermal environment. Human Body and Clothes
• The indices of feeling – Predicted Mean Vote PMV and Percentage People Dissatisfied PPD
• Assessment of the influence of the thermal environment using subjective judgement scales
• The Thermal Comfort and Child Development Psychology
• Field research
• Kindergarten Case Study
• Elementary School case study
• Middle School case study
• Conclusions.