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Occupant Comfort as a Decision-Making Concept for Air Conditioning of Buildings
A rationale for improving air-conditioning criteria is given. A new research approach and concept are presented. The concept is to include in criteria the effect of the building envelope and the response of humans to the resultant indoor temperature and relative humidity in addition to weather data which are normally used to make decisions concerning air conditioning for buildings. The concept involves generation of a 'Predicted Indoor Habitability Index' (PIHI) as a means to evaluate the response of occupants to short-term as well as long-term exposure in non-air-conditioned housing. The work completed thus far is described. The results of a pilot study for two locations, Jersey City, New Jersey and Macon, Georgia, are presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the concept. The indoor temperature and humidity were determined by calculation using a computerized simulation technique which follows a detailed heat transfer analysis of the weather/building/human-body systems.
Occupant Comfort as a Decision-Making Concept for Air Conditioning of Buildings
A rationale for improving air-conditioning criteria is given. A new research approach and concept are presented. The concept is to include in criteria the effect of the building envelope and the response of humans to the resultant indoor temperature and relative humidity in addition to weather data which are normally used to make decisions concerning air conditioning for buildings. The concept involves generation of a 'Predicted Indoor Habitability Index' (PIHI) as a means to evaluate the response of occupants to short-term as well as long-term exposure in non-air-conditioned housing. The work completed thus far is described. The results of a pilot study for two locations, Jersey City, New Jersey and Macon, Georgia, are presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the concept. The indoor temperature and humidity were determined by calculation using a computerized simulation technique which follows a detailed heat transfer analysis of the weather/building/human-body systems.
Occupant Comfort as a Decision-Making Concept for Air Conditioning of Buildings
F. J. Powell (author) / T. Kusuda (author) / J. E. Hill (author)
1973
25 pages
Report
No indication
English
Architectural Design & Environmental Engineering , Human Factors Engineering , Air conditioning , Houses , Comfort , Human factors engineering , Habitability , Temperature , Humidity , Weather , Computerized simulation , Heat transfer , Statistical analysis , Design criteria , New Jersey , Georgia , Reprints , Jersey City(New Jersey) , Macon(Georgia)
Probabilistic Assessment of Occupant Comfort in Tall Buildings
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