A review of human thermal comfort in the built environment

RF Rupp, NG Vásquez, R Lamberts - Energy and buildings, 2015 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to review the literature on human thermal comfort in the built
environment. First an overview about the subject area is presented. This is followed by a …

Thermal comfort in educational buildings: A review article

ZS Zomorodian, M Tahsildoost, M Hafezi - Renewable and sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
In modern societies people spend over 90% of their time indoors. Students spending more
time at school than any other building except at home highlights the importance of providing …

Five degrees of happiness: Effective smiley face likert scales for evaluating with children

L Hall, C Hume, S Tazzyman - Proceedings of the the 15th international …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
This paper focuses on achieving optimal responses through supporting children's
judgements, using Smiley Face Likert scales as a rating scale for quantitative questions in …

Advancement on thermal comfort in educational buildings: Current issues and way forward

G Lamberti, G Salvadori, F Leccese, F Fantozzi… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The thermal environment in educational buildings is crucial to improve students' health and
productivity, as they spend a considerable amount of time in classrooms. Due to the …

On the potential of demand-controlled ventilation system to enhance indoor air quality and thermal condition in Australian school classrooms

S Haddad, A Synnefa, MÁP Marcos, R Paolini… - Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Indoor thermal comfort and air quality in school classrooms are of interest worldwide,
primarily because of their potential impacts on students' health, learning performance and …

Outdoor thermal benchmarks and thermal safety for children: A study in China's cold region

B Huang, B Hong, Y Tian, T Yuan, M Su - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Outdoor spaces in parks designed for children's recreation are highly valued facilities that
support physical health and well-being for parents and youth. Key to their use is the …

Children's thermal comfort and adaptive behaviours; UK primary schools during non-heating and heating seasons

SS Korsavi, A Montazami - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper aims to study children's thermal comfort and related Adaptive Behaviours in UK
primary schools. The study was carried out in 32 naturally-ventilated classrooms during Non …

[HTML][HTML] Questionnaire experience of the pictorial usability inventory (PUI)–a comparison of pictorial and hybrid usability scales

J Baumgartner, A Sonderegger, J Sauer - International Journal of Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, alternative types of usability questionnaires using graphical elements
(pictorial scales) or a combination of graphical and verbal elements (hybrid scales) have …

Revisiting thermal comfort models in Iranian classrooms during the warm season

S Haddad, P Osmond, S King - Building Research & Information, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The validity of existing thermal comfort models is examined for upper primary school
children in classroom settings. This is of importance to enhance productivity in the learning …

Assessing children's outdoor thermal comfort with facial expression recognition: An efficient approach using machine learning

Y Li, X Nian, C Gu, P Deng, S He, B Hong - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, children's physiological indices and facial expressions during activities with
distinct intensities in outdoor open spaces were real-timely measured. Correspondingly …