Indoor Thermal Comfort Perception A Questionnaire Approach Focusing on Children /

Providing a methodology for evaluating indoor thermal comfort with a focus on children, this book presents an in-depth examination of children's perceptions of comfort. Divided into two sections, it first presents a history of thermal comfort, the human body and environmental parameters, common...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fabbri, Kristian (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Subjects:
Energy policy.
Energy and state.
Buildings-Environmental engineering.
Interior architecture.
Environmental health.
Cognitive psychology.
Energy Policy, Economics and Management.
Building Physics, HVAC.
Interior Architecture.
Environmental Health.
Cognitive Psychology.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A brief history of thermal comfort: from Effective Temperature to Adaptive Thermal Comfort
  • Ergonomics of the thermal environment. Human Body and Clothes
  • The indices of feeling - Predicted Mean Vote PMV and Percentage People Dissatisfied PPD
  • Assessment of the influence of the thermal environment using subjective judgement scales
  • The Thermal Comfort and Child Development Psychology
  • Field research
  • Kindergarten Case Study
  • Elementary School case study
  • Middle School case study
  • Conclusions.

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