Mean radiant temperature (MRT) has attracted growing interest over the decades both
indoors and outdoors, leading to the development of various measurement techniques and …

Radiation accounts for a significant fraction of the human body and environment heat
exchange and strongly impacts thermal comfort and safety. The direct radiative exchange …

Radiant heat exchange affects the thermal balance of the human body and is related to
thermal comfort. Quite a number of studies focused on the effect of radiant temperature on …

The outdoor mean radiant temperature (MRT) is greatly affected by ground radiation related
to ground view factor (F gp) and ground temperature (T g). However, the effects of F gp and …

The balanced design of extreme heat adaptation strategies that engineer the radiative
properties of infrastructure or human clothing requires realistic methods of spectrally and …

With the growing interest in radiant heating and cooling systems, driven by their improved
efficiency and enhanced thermal comfort compared to air systems, there is an increasing …

Radiant systems have the potential to save energy and thermal comfort. Currently, many
researchers have studied the effect of thermal comfort in radiant asymmetrical environments …

The ground radiation significantly affects outdoor mean radiant temperature (MRT), which is
complicated due to different surface temperatures and body shapes. However, it was mostly …

The geometric and material characteristics of heat transfer at the scale of a building tie
together the disciplines of architecture, engineering, and physics. However, contemporary …

ABSTRACT A radiatively cooled translucent building skin is developed for desert climates,
constructed out of pockets of high heat-capacity liquids. The liquids are contained by a …