Personal thermal comfort models hold the promise of a more accurate way to predict thermal
comfort and therefore a more reliable approach for managing indoor thermal environments …

An important consideration for future age-friendly cities is that older people are able to live in
housing appropriate for their needs. While thermal comfort in the home is vital for the health …

Older people are often over-represented in morbidity and mortality statistics associated with
hot and cold weather, despite remaining mostly indoors. The study “Improving thermal …

Purpose This paper presents the development of personal thermal comfort models for older
adults and assesses the models' performance compared to aggregate approaches. This is …

This chapter reports on the findings of a research project aimed at investigating the actual
thermal environment of the housing of older occupants (aged 65 or over) in South Australia …

Older people generally want to live in their own homes for as long as possible. This can be
facilitated by home modifications, but improving the thermal quality of their living …

This book focuses on the environmental ergonomics of restaurant kitchens and the
challenges related hereto in a semitropical city from a chef's perspective. It establishes the …

By analysing datasets at the individual level, personal thermal comfort models help to
unmask the differences between individuals in an environment, enabling a better …