Application of thermal discomfort indices for the coastal zone of Black Sea, in Dobrogea Region

Maftei, Carmen; Buta, Constantin

doi:10.1515/ouacsce-2017-0008

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“…This study uses three healthy subjects that consist of all males. The statistics from the Department of Statistics Malaysia mentioned that for the year 2018, there are 1.3 million of workers in the construction industry and 2.2 million of workers in the manufacturing industry [27]. It can be concluded that majority of the workers in the construction industry work at the construction site rather than in an indoor office and there are many workers in manufacturing industry who work in a hot environment.…”

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Experimental Investigation of Workers Physiology under Tropical Climate in Construction Industries

Ismail

Jusoh

Asri

et al. 2020

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Construction workers are particularly susceptible to heat-related illnesses, for the weather is very hot and humid. The objective of this study is to investigate the interaction between the temperature and relative humidity to the physiological parameters such as heart rate (HR) and volume oxygen uptake (VO2 max) of the workers in the construction industry. The experiment was conducted in an environmental chamber which simulates the environment of the construction industry with three conditions combining air temperature and relative humidity (34 °C/74 %, 34 °C/92 %, 38 °C/83 %). The HR and the VO2 max of three subjects were monitored, and all the data were continuously recorded every 15 minutes. For each condition, the activity levels such as lifting the heavy sand (10 kg) were conducted for subjects. In the VO2 case, a significant correlation was observed between air temperature (p=0.043) and the relative humidity (p=0.000). Meanwhile, in HR case, a significant correlation was also observed between air temperature (p=0.004) and the relative humidity (p=0.028). The high-risk thermal environment (38 °C/83 %) and subject were identified. In conclusion, it can be empirically proved that environmental factor such as temperature and relative humidity have a significant impact on workers’ performance.

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Section: Methodology 21 Subjectmentioning

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Experimental Investigation of Workers Physiology under Tropical Climate in Construction Industries

Ismail

Jusoh

Asri

et al. 2020

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“…Since SET is independent from the environment, it is suitable for most meteorological conditions [13,15]. Most of the outdoor thermal indexes use physical factors (clothing insulation, metabolic activity, skin temperature, and body composition), as pointed out [19] and employ four environmental parameters, air temperature, mean radiant temperature (T mr ), air velocity, and relative humidity [20]. Those environmental parameters play an essential role in the definition of the thermal comfort of citizens; therefore, their variation allows to understand their mutual and combing impacts on the microclimate [21].…”

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Design of Three Outdoor Combined Thermal Comfort Prediction Models Based on Urban and Environmental Parameters

Gugliermetti,

Pompei,

Nardecchia

et al. 2023

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Projected changes in heatwaves and its impact on human discomfort over India due to global warming under the CORDEX-CORE framework

Maharana,

Kumar,

Das

et al. 2023

Theor Appl Climatol

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Due to climate change, rapid warming and its further intensification over different parts of the globe have been recently reported. This has a direct impact on human health, agriculture, water availability, power generation, various ecosystems, and socioeconomic conditions of the exposed population. The current study thus investigates the frequency and duration of heatwaves, human discomfort, and exposure of the human population to these extremes using the high-resolution regional climate model experiments under two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP2.6, RCP8.5) over India. We find that more than 90% of India will be exposed to uncomfortable warm nights by the end of the 21st century with the highest rise over western India, Madhya Pradesh (MP), Uttar Pradesh (UP), Punjab, and the Haryana region. States like Odisha, Chhattisgarh, eastern parts of MP and UP, and some parts of J&K will be the worst hit by the intense and frequent heatwaves and human discomfort followed by the densely populated Indo-Gangetic plains under RCP8.5. Strict enforcement of the stringent policies on stabilization of population growth, improvement of local adaptive capacities, and economic status of the vulnerable population along with enforcing effective measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions are important to reduce human exposure to future heat stress. We demonstrate that a proper mitigation-based development (RCP2.6) instead of a business-as-usual scenario (RCP8.5) may help to reduce 50–200 heatwave days, 3–10 heatwave spells, and 10–35% warm nights over the Indian region. Consequently, this can avoid the exposure of 135–143 million population to severe discomfort due to extreme heat conditions by the end of the 21st century.

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Application of thermal discomfort indices for the coastal zone of Black Sea, in Dobrogea Region

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Experimental Investigation of Workers Physiology under Tropical Climate in Construction Industries

Experimental Investigation of Workers Physiology under Tropical Climate in Construction Industries

Design of Three Outdoor Combined Thermal Comfort Prediction Models Based on Urban and Environmental Parameters

Projected changes in heatwaves and its impact on human discomfort over India due to global warming under the CORDEX-CORE framework

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