Adaptive thermal comfort in the residential buildings of north east India—An effect of difference in elevation

Thapa, Samar; Bansal, Ajay Kumar; Panda, Goutam Kumar

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“…Indian thermal comfort literature suggests that there exists a wide variation in comfort ranges depending on the occupants’ behavior toward adaptation. However, the adaptation process, involving thermal expectations and preferences, is not only region specific, but is also governed by occupant factors such as age, gender, income, thermal history, and sociocultural among the others 10,89 . To add to this, the possibility of a rebound or pre‐bound effect in Indian buildings can further alter the occupant behavior and affect their thermal adaptation.…”

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“…However, the adaptation process, involving thermal expectations and preferences, is not only region specific, but is also governed by occupant factors such as age, gender, income, thermal history, and sociocultural among the others. 10,89 To add to this, the possibility of a rebound or pre-bound effect in Indian buildings can further alter the occupant behavior and affect their thermal adaptation. India, being a climatologically and culturally diverse nation, requires a holistic approach toward adaptive thermal comfort.…”

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“…Long‐term exposure of subjects to indoor environments, which are not acceptable, causes discomfort leading to negative health impacts 8 . At the same time, in the era of energy deficit and prudent energy consumption, the need to study thermal comfort becomes even more crucial as it dictates the energy use in buildings 10,11 . Additionally, increasing dispensable income, lowering cost of energy services and the desire for thermal delight among the occupants has led to changes in comfort preferences, behavior, and usage patterns.…”

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Rethinking indoor thermal comfort in the era of rebound and pre‐bound effect for the developing world: A systematic review

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Indoor Air. 2020;30:377-395. | 377 wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ina | INTRODUC TI ONThermal comfort is defined as the condition of mind which expresses satisfaction within the thermal environment and is assessed by subjective evaluation. 1 Though this definition aptly stresses on judgment of comfort being a cognitive process, it does not describe precisely as to what is meant by the condition of mind or satisfaction. 2 Thermal comfort, in general, depends on six environmental and personal parameters-air temperature, mean radiant temperature, air velocity, relative humidity, clothing level, and metabolic rate. 3 The adaptive model further considers the effects of psychological, physiological, and behavioral aspects in determining comfort but only at an aggregated level. Moreover, aspects related to sociocultural practices, thermal history, context, and income are not comprehensively considered in the existing thermal comfort models. 4-6 This increases the complexities in evaluating thermal comfort and hence even after significant years of research in this domain, predicting conditions to ensure comfort remains imprecise.Thermal comfort studies are necessary because they have a significant impact on occupant's health, well-being, and productivity. [7][8][9] Long-term exposure of subjects to indoor environments, which are not acceptable, causes discomfort leading to negative health impacts. 8 At the same time, in the era of energy deficit and prudent energy consumption, the need to study thermal comfort becomes even more crucial as it dictates the energy use in buildings. 10,11 Additionally, increasing dispensable income, lowering cost of energy services and the desire for thermal delight among the occupants has led to changes in comfort preferences, behavior, and usage patterns. AbstractThis paper presents a review on thermal comfort research that is informed by changes in occupant behavior, lifestyle, and income leading to rebound or pre-bound effect. It explores the current state of research in thermal comfort domain through a systematic review to identify the gaps and opportunities specifically focusing on energyintensive developing countries. This review argues that adaptive thermal comfort is a continuously evolving domain owing to dynamic modifications in occupant behavior occurring from changes in the cost of energy services and preference of comfort (rebound/pre-bound effect). A conceptual framework linking thermal comfort, rebound/pre-bound effect, and occupant behavior is forwarded through the introduction of an exogenous factor related to occupant well-being. The results ascertain that there is a need of localized thermal comfort model with an occupant-centric approach that can help in enhancing comfort and reducing energy consumption. K E Y W O R D Sadaptation, behavior, India, occupant, rebound, thermal comfort

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“…Following this, the significant no. of studies (08) has been published by various researchers (Thapa et al, 2017;Singh and Chani, 2017;Netam et al, 2017;Kumar and Dibakar, 2017;Subramanian et al, 2017;Ponni and Baskar, 2017; a very few thermal comfort studies have been performed which reflects that the thermal comfort studies in Indian dwellings are scant, scattered and unorganised.…”

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Review of studies on thermal comfort in Indian residential buildings

Sansaniwal

Mathur

Garg

et al. 2020

Science and Technology for the Built Environment

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This paper presents a systematic review on thermal comfort studies in Indian residential buildings, to identify the present research scenario, data gaps and policy interventions. Majority of the studies are performed in composite climate (ten), followed by warm-humid (seven) and a very few from cold (two) and hot-dry (two) climates. None thermal comfort study is found in the temperate climate. Seven studies have considered multiple climates for assessment of thermal comfort in residential buildings. This shows that thermal comfort studies in Indian residential buildings are scarce, scattered and unorganized. Further, due to differences in socio-cultural setup and local adaptations, the prodigious variations in occupant's comfort requirements are reported. This review argues for the dynamic modifications in individual behaviours due to change in cost of building energy services and comfort requirements. Only four studies have partially considered the occupant behaviour regarding control of indoor thermal environment. The results obtained from these studies indicate that there is strong need of localised thermal comfort model that will not only help in improving comfort requirements but also building energy performance. Importantly this review paves way for harmonised thermal comfort research in India where majority of the residential building stock is yet to be built.

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“…The Chinese Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development required all new residential communities in northern China to implement household heat metering since 2010. To fulfill the requirement, residential heating needs to be commercialized, and controlled and measured on a household basis [16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. In other words, each user should be enabled to adjust the heat, and the heating fee should be charged as per the amount of heat consumed.…”

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Design of a Remote Meter Reading System for Residential Heating

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Li³

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The traditional heating system in northern China faces various problems, such as energy waste, low efficiency and unreasonable metering. To solve these problems, this paper designs a remote meter reading system for residential heating, and describes the hardware, software and key functions of the system in details. The system consists of five parts: temperature controllers, on-off controllers, heat meters, building managers and a remote data center. Multiple cutting-edge tools were adopted in the system. For example, the Windows CE (Embedded Compact) was introduced to support data processing, the GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Internet was employed to establish the communication between key modules, and the on-off time-area method was utilized to calculate allocated heat. Empirical results show that our system boasts high efficiency, stability and reliability, despite a simple structure.

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Adaptive thermal comfort in the residential buildings of north east India—An effect of difference in elevation

Cited by 33 publications

References 25 publications

Rethinking indoor thermal comfort in the era of rebound and pre‐bound effect for the developing world: A systematic review

Rethinking indoor thermal comfort in the era of rebound and pre‐bound effect for the developing world: A systematic review

Review of studies on thermal comfort in Indian residential buildings

Design of a Remote Meter Reading System for Residential Heating

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