The role of clothing in thermal comfort: how people dress in a temperate and humid climate in Brazil
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Resumo: | Abstract Thermal insulation from clothing is one of the most important input variables used to predict the thermal comfort of a building's occupants. This paper investigates the clothing pattern in buildings with different configurations located in a temperate and humid climate in Brazil. Occupants of two kinds of buildings (three offices and two university classrooms) assessed their thermal environment through 'right-here-right-now' questionnaires, while at the same time indoor climatic measurements were carried out in situ (air temperature and radiant temperature, air speed and humidity). A total of 5,036 votes from 1,161 occupants were collected. Results suggest that the clothing values adopted by occupants inside buildings were influenced by: 1) climate and seasons of the year; 2) different configurations and indoor thermal conditions; and 3) occupants' age and gender. Significant intergenerational and gender differences were found, which might be explained by differences in metabolic rates and fashion. The results also indicate that there is a great opportunity to exceed the clothing interval of the thermal comfort zones proposed by international standards such as ASHRAE 55 (2013) - 0.5 to 1.0 clo - and thereby save energy from cooling and heating systems, without compromising the occupants' indoor thermal comfort. |
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The role of clothing in thermal comfort: how people dress in a temperate and humid climate in BrazilThermal comfortClo insulationTemperate and humid climateAbstract Thermal insulation from clothing is one of the most important input variables used to predict the thermal comfort of a building's occupants. This paper investigates the clothing pattern in buildings with different configurations located in a temperate and humid climate in Brazil. Occupants of two kinds of buildings (three offices and two university classrooms) assessed their thermal environment through 'right-here-right-now' questionnaires, while at the same time indoor climatic measurements were carried out in situ (air temperature and radiant temperature, air speed and humidity). A total of 5,036 votes from 1,161 occupants were collected. Results suggest that the clothing values adopted by occupants inside buildings were influenced by: 1) climate and seasons of the year; 2) different configurations and indoor thermal conditions; and 3) occupants' age and gender. Significant intergenerational and gender differences were found, which might be explained by differences in metabolic rates and fashion. The results also indicate that there is a great opportunity to exceed the clothing interval of the thermal comfort zones proposed by international standards such as ASHRAE 55 (2013) - 0.5 to 1.0 clo - and thereby save energy from cooling and heating systems, without compromising the occupants' indoor thermal comfort.Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído - ANTAC2017-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-86212017000100069Ambiente Construído v.17 n.1 2017reponame:Ambiente construído (Online)instname:Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído (ANTAC)instacron:ANTAC10.1590/s1678-86212017000100124info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessVecchi,Renata DeLamberts,RobertoCandido,Christhina Mariaeng2016-11-24T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1678-86212017000100069Revistahttps://seer.ufrgs.br/ambienteconstruidohttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||ambienteconstruido@ufrgs.br1678-86211415-8876opendoar:2016-11-24T00:00Ambiente construído (Online) - Associação Nacional de Tecnologia do Ambiente Construído (ANTAC)false |
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The role of clothing in thermal comfort: how people dress in a temperate and humid climate in Brazil |
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The role of clothing in thermal comfort: how people dress in a temperate and humid climate in Brazil |
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The role of clothing in thermal comfort: how people dress in a temperate and humid climate in Brazil Vecchi,Renata De Thermal comfort Clo insulation Temperate and humid climate |
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The role of clothing in thermal comfort: how people dress in a temperate and humid climate in Brazil |
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The role of clothing in thermal comfort: how people dress in a temperate and humid climate in Brazil |
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The role of clothing in thermal comfort: how people dress in a temperate and humid climate in Brazil |
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The role of clothing in thermal comfort: how people dress in a temperate and humid climate in Brazil |
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The role of clothing in thermal comfort: how people dress in a temperate and humid climate in Brazil |
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Vecchi,Renata De |
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Vecchi,Renata De Lamberts,Roberto Candido,Christhina Maria |
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Lamberts,Roberto Candido,Christhina Maria |
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Vecchi,Renata De Lamberts,Roberto Candido,Christhina Maria |
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Thermal comfort Clo insulation Temperate and humid climate |
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Thermal comfort Clo insulation Temperate and humid climate |
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Abstract Thermal insulation from clothing is one of the most important input variables used to predict the thermal comfort of a building's occupants. This paper investigates the clothing pattern in buildings with different configurations located in a temperate and humid climate in Brazil. Occupants of two kinds of buildings (three offices and two university classrooms) assessed their thermal environment through 'right-here-right-now' questionnaires, while at the same time indoor climatic measurements were carried out in situ (air temperature and radiant temperature, air speed and humidity). A total of 5,036 votes from 1,161 occupants were collected. Results suggest that the clothing values adopted by occupants inside buildings were influenced by: 1) climate and seasons of the year; 2) different configurations and indoor thermal conditions; and 3) occupants' age and gender. Significant intergenerational and gender differences were found, which might be explained by differences in metabolic rates and fashion. The results also indicate that there is a great opportunity to exceed the clothing interval of the thermal comfort zones proposed by international standards such as ASHRAE 55 (2013) - 0.5 to 1.0 clo - and thereby save energy from cooling and heating systems, without compromising the occupants' indoor thermal comfort. |
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