Abstract
In the same room, people will wear different amounts of clothes if there is no strict dress code. Ideally everybody would put on just the right amount to feel thermally comfortable, but that is not always the case. To improve simulations of thermal comfort, an estimate of clothing insulation is needed. This includes the distribution within a group of people and if this causes more or less people to be dissatisfied. From the research data, the relation between temperature and clothing insulation was found and the distribution among people was studied. It was found that the variation in clothing among people is higher at low temperatures than at high temperatures, and that people do choose their clothing according to thermal preference, but that the distribution of thermal comfort votes is the same.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings Indoor Air 2014 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Place of Publication | Hong Kong |
| Publisher | ISIAQ |
| Publication date | 7 Jul 2014 |
| Edition | USB-stick |
| Article number | HP 0601 |
| Chapter | Topic A7: Thermal Comfort |
| Publication status | Published - 7 Jul 2014 |
| Event | 13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Indoor Air 2014: The 13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Hong Kong, Hong Kong Duration: 7 Jul 2014 → 12 Jul 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | 13th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Indoor Air 2014 |
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| Country/Territory | Hong Kong |
| City | Hong Kong |
| Period | 07/07/2014 → 12/07/2014 |
Keywords
- Thermal comfort
- clothing insulation
- variation
- Building Simulation