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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Fabbri, Kristian, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2015.
Edición:1st edtion 2015.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.