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Adaptive Thermal Comfort in Learning Spaces: A Study of the Cold Period in Ensenada, Baja California
- Source :
- Journal of Natural Resources and Development, Vol 7, Pp 96-107 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2017.
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Abstract
- Environmental thermal conditions decisively influence people’s performance, comfort, well-being and mood. In closed spaces, where people spend 80% of their time, thermal perception is a phenomenon studied from a multidisciplinary methodological approach. In Mexico, thermal comfort has been studied in isolation in different cities in the country, specifically at sites with warm, temperate or semi-cold bioclimate. The thermal estimates presented in this paper are the result of a thermal comfort study carried out during the cold period in the city of Ensenada, Baja California, which has a dry temperate bioclimate. The study was carried out from January 30th to March 3rd 2017 and consisted of the application of a questionnaire and the simultaneous recording of temperature, relative humidity and wind speed. The questionnaire was designed based on the subjective assessment scale suggested in ISO 10551 and ANSI/ASHRAE 55, while the instruments for measuring and recording environmental variables were selected and used based on ISO 7726. A database with 983 observations was created, and the data were processed using the Averages Intervals Thermal Sensation method. The thermal comfort range estimated for indoor spaces was 16.8 °C to 23.8 °C, with an ideal neutral temperature of 20.3 °C. The percentage of satisfaction vote with these results was 91%.
- Subjects :
- Adaptive approach
lcsh:GE1-350
Dry temperate bioclimate
Thermal perception
Neutral temperature
Adaptive thermal comfort
lcsh:Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
Thermal comfort
General Medicine
Thermal sensation
Assessment scale
Wind speed
lcsh:G
Climatology
Thermal environment
Environmental science
Relative humidity
Cold period
lcsh:Environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07192452
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Natural Resources and Development
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9736a7639ed5c21d0a6945b2e89e6e8a