Individual comfort varies from person to person, and the year-long partnership resulted in the development of new and improved software solutions that can accurately predict an individual’s ...

Human thermal comfort and exergy analysis represent an emerging interdisciplinary field that bridges human physiology, thermodynamics and sustainable architecture. By applying principles from the ...

An ASHRAE grant program is funding the creation of a database to help better understand human thermal comfort in residential and commercial buildings. The grants, totaling $180,000, are awarded to ...

Researchers developed a textile that uses motion energy and phase change materials to power electronics while adapting to ...

MSc Riikka Holopainen from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, has written a doctoral thesis on a new method for estimating the actual level of human thermal comfort in low-energy buildings ...

The new method developed for assessing thermal comfort (Human Thermal Model, HTM) is based on modelling of individual anatomy and physiology. The method can be used to assess the impact of ...

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Shade, within the context of outdoor thermal comfort, provides two important benefits: it blocks solar radiation to the human body and reduces solar gains on exterior surfaces, which would otherwise ...

Researchers at Waseda University used EEG to map brain activity during thermal perception, identifying ten cortical regions activated by hot and cold sensations. The study highlights the right ...

Indoor environments that are too hot, too cold or draughty create discomfort and lower human productivity. A new method for estimating the actual level of human thermal comfort in low-energy ...

Creation of a database to help better understand human thermal comfort in residential and commercial buildings is being funded through an ASHRAE grant program.