Thermal comfort is fundamental to indoor environmental design and operation as well as
indoor thermal environment evaluation. This paper has reviewed the historic evolution of …

This paper presents an exhaustive overview of the field studies carried out in the past few
decades on human thermal comfort. To get a better grasp of patterns in observed data and …

Seasonal variation of thermal comfort demands directly affects the energy needs for heating
or cooling purpose. In previous studies, the differences of neutral temperatures between …

The rapid growth in population and economy activities in the tropical countries has led to an
increase in energy consumption which hastens the depletion of available energy resources …

Building energy consumption has increased in China with the rapid urban development and
population growth of recent years. Based on the hot climate in Chongqing, two types of …

In this paper we explore the notion of comfort expectations and ask the question whether
they change as a result of long-term exposure to mild indoor climates. A comparative …

Elderly demand for indoor thermal comfort and energy conservation is increasing in an
aging society. To reveal the thermal responses of the elderly in a warm summer …

Advances in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) technologies have
dramatically improved the indoor thermal environment, but attention should be paid on how …

The higher education sector in the UK is responsible for large amount of the country's
energy consumption. Space heating, which is the largest and most expensive part of the …

Thermophysiological functions should be considered in the age segmentation of elderly
people for thermal comfort differentiation. This paper aims to establish a scientific age …