A review of adaptive thermal comfort research since 1998

R De Dear, J Xiong, J Kim, B Cao - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
The rapid escalation of cooling demand in buildings set against the backdrop of a global
climate emergency is intensifying research activity on adaptive thermal comfort. In this …

Green HRM, work-life and environment performance

D Bangwal, P Tiwari… - International Journal of …, 2017 - inderscienceonline.com
In recent years, the organisations have become more awaken of the vital role played by
green initiatives. This paper seeks to examine how green human resource management …

Residential adaptive comfort in a humid subtropical climate—Sydney Australia

R De Dear, J Kim, T Parkinson - Energy and Buildings, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to apply new technological survey capabilities to a field setting that
is underrepresented in the thermal comfort research literature, namely the residential setting …

A new adaptive thermal comfort model for homes in temperate climates of Australia

T Williamson, L Daniel - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
The dominant models of adaptive thermal comfort are derived from observations largely
drawn from commercial and non-residential buildings. The appropriateness of these models …

Temperature and adaptive comfort in heated, cooled and free-running dwellings

F Nicol - Building Research & Information, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
It might be assumed that buildings with active mechanical heating/cooling systems will have
a narrower indoor temperature range than those without: that the indoor temperature will be …

On the potential of building adaptation measures to counterbalance the impact of climatic change in the tropics

S Haddad, A Barker, J Yang, DIM Kumar… - Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change is one of the most significant environmental issues facing communities,
while poor construction and absence of effective air-conditioning (AC) predominantly cause …

Assessing environmental attitudes in Portugal using a new short version of the Environmental Attitudes Inventory

RB Domingues, G Gonçalves - Current Psychology, 2020 - Springer
Most environmental problems are caused and/or enhanced by human behaviour; thus, it is
crucial to understand environmental attitudes that underlie individual's behaviour towards …

Agent‐Based modeling of temporal and spatial dynamics in life cycle sustainability assessment

SR Wu, X Li, D Apul, V Breeze, Y Tang… - Journal of Industrial …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Current aggregate and top‐down approaches in life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA)
generally fail to account for spatial, temporal, and emergent behavioral dynamics …

Cold housing in mild-climate countries: A study of indoor environmental quality and comfort preferences in homes, Adelaide, Australia

L Daniel, E Baker, T Williamson - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
International evidence suggests that cold housing–and its effects on health–is not just
confined to countries with very cold winters. Rather, a small but increasing body of work is …

The effect of real-time context-aware feedback on occupants' heating behaviour and thermal adaptation

M Vellei, S Natarajan, B Biri, J Padget, I Walker - Energy and Buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
Studies have shown that building energy demand in identical dwellings could vary by a
factor of three. Differences in occupant behaviour–ie purchase, operation and maintenance …