Browsing Architecture & Urban Planning by Subject "Comfort temperature"
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A comparative study of gender differences in thermal comfort and environmental satisfaction in air-conditioned offices in Qatar, India, and Japan
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Gender differences in the assessment of thermal comfort and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) have not previously been investigated, despite the prevalence of the overcooling of ... -
An adaptive relationship of thermal comfort for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: The case of offices in Qatar
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)Escalating building energy expenditure encourages rethinking on thermal comfort delivery in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in warm desert climate. The GCC states do not have an adaptive comfort standard, or ... -
Comfort temperature and occupant adaptive behavior in offices in Qatar during summer
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)Qatar tops the world in per capita CO2 emissions and per capita total primary energy supply. Adaptive comfort standards and thermal comfort field survey data are not available for Qatar. We conducted a thermal comfort ... -
Developing the adaptive model of thermal comfort for offices in the GCC region
( NCEUB 2018 , 2018 , Conference Paper)Escalating building energy expenditure encourages rethinking on thermal comfort delivery in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, in warm desert climate. The GCC states do not have an adaptive comfort standard, or ... -
Investigation of Indoor Thermal Perceptions and Comfort Temperature in Educational Spaces in Qatar
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Conference Paper)We conducted thermal comfort field surveys in female educational spaces in Qatar in the autumn and winter of 2018 and 2020 – 21 and collected 324 datasets. They contained all the four environmental measurements and ... -
OCCUPANT PERCEPTION OF THERMAL COMFORT IN SLEEP ENVIRONMENTS IN QATAR
( Sultan Qaboos University , 2021 , Article)A thermal comfort field survey in sleep environments in winter and spring seasons in Qatar collected 833 sets of objective and subjective thermal and sleep quality responses before going to bed and after getting up. The ... -
Study on adaptive thermal comfort in Japanese offices under various operation modes
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)This research focuses on determining thermal comfort and analysing adaptive opportunities in Japanese office buildings under various operation modes including free running (FR) mode. There are very limited studies on office ... -
Study on adaptive thermal comfort model and behavioral adaptation in naturally ventilated residential buildings, Jimma Town, Ethiopia
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Ethiopia boasts abundant untapped energy resources, yet access to electricity remains limited (30%), with frequent and prolonged outages. Research on occupant thermal comfort in Ethiopia remains limited as well. This study ... -
Study on thermal adaptation in naturally ventilated office buildings in Japan
( NCEUB 2016 , 2016 , Conference Paper)This paper discusses the relationship between thermal environment and adaptive thermal comfort in Japanese office buildings of Japan where occupants are able to open the windows. With the use of adaptive thermal control ... -
Thermal comfort in Indian apartments
( Springer Singapore , 2018 , Book chapter)© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018. Socio-political and economic drivers can be historically traced behind the apartment' evolutionary trajectory. Absence and poor adherence to norms appear to have caused thermal ...