Impact of social background and behaviour on children's thermal comfort

Montazami, Azadeh; Gaterell, Mark; Nicol, Fergus; Lumley, Mark A.; Thoua, Chryssa

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2017.06.002

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“…The results of the analysis coincide with the results presented in the literature [9][10][11]. It is surprising that on another, much smaller group of surveyed and in other external conditions, the results are similar to each other.…”

Section: Fig 3 How Is Thermal Comfort Assessed?supporting

confidence: 81%

“…Various types of rooms were analyzed. Among others the residential buildings [4,8], the classrooms [9][10][11], office buildings [6] and preschools [7,12] were examined. The tests of air parameters were also conducted in car cabins [13,14], where is mechanical ventilation and pollution, which is caused by the presence of people, just like in didactic rooms.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Analysis of thermal comfort in education building in surveys

Witkowska

Gładyszewska-Fiedoruk

2018

E3S Web Conf.

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Abstract. Main parameters of indoor air quality could influence people health and ability to work and ability to learning. The research was conducted in University of Technology building located in Białystok, north-eastern Poland. Research -surveys was devoted to issues related to the thermal comfort in a classroom of university. Interviewees declared perceptible temperature and described their feelings connected to the temperature sensation. Other indoor parameters were also analysed such as: temperature, humidity and indoor air quality and noise level. Peoples -students filled the surveys about thermal comfort and indoor parameters. The research included indoor thermal comfort.

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Section: Fig 3 How Is Thermal Comfort Assessed?supporting

confidence: 81%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysis of thermal comfort in education building in surveys

Witkowska

Gładyszewska-Fiedoruk

2018

E3S Web Conf.

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“…Some of the adaptive thermal comfort studies analysed several variables to reflect the thermal comfort or adaptive behaviour of the human body. For example, Montazami et al [ 38 ] analysed a variable named running mean outdoor temperature, which can appropriately capture people’s responses to the outdoor temperature. This temperature is formulated as: Here, T od − k is the average temperature of the k th preceding day from the target day.…”

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“…Running mean of the previous three days’ daily average temperatures (with α = 0.8, according to Montazami et al [ 38 ])…”

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Heat health risk assessment analysing heatstroke patients in Fukuoka City, Japan

Toosty

Hagishima

Tanaka³

2021

PLoS ONE

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Background Climate change, as a defining issue of the current time, is causing severe heat-related illness in the context of extremely hot weather conditions. In Japan, the remarkable temperature increase in summer caused by an urban heat island and climate change has become a threat to public health in recent years. Methods This study aimed to determine the potential risk factors for heatstroke by analysing data extracted from the records of emergency transport to the hospital due to heatstroke in Fukuoka City, Japan. In this regard, a negative binomial regression model was used to account for overdispersion in the data. Age-structure analyses of heatstroke patients were also embodied to identify the sub-population of Fukuoka City with the highest susceptibility. Results The daily maximum temperature and wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT), along with differences in both the mean temperature and time-weighted temperature from those of the consecutive past days were detected as significant risk factors for heatstroke. Results indicated that there was a positive association between the resulting risk factors and the probability of heatstroke occurrence. The elderly of Fukuoka City aged 70 years or older were found to be the most vulnerable to heatstroke. Most of the aforementioned risk factors also encountered significant and positive associations with the risk of heatstroke occurrence for the group with highest susceptibility. Conclusion These results can provide insights for health professionals and stakeholders in designing their strategies to reduce heatstroke patients and to secure the emergency transport systems in summer.

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“…The students' thermal comfort is not determined by indoor microclimatic conditions alone. Previous studies [36][37][38] suggested that their thermal comfort is significantly correlated with social parameters such as socio-economic background, culture, and what they experience at home. The present thermal condition of Nepalese school buildings in rural as well as urban areas is unknown; therefore, it is necessary to investigate the present condition of thermal comfort.…”

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A field investigation on adaptive thermal comfort in school buildings in the temperate climatic region of Nepal

Shrestha

Rijal

Kayo

et al. 2021

Building and Environment

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A comfortable indoor environment is essential for students' health and academic performance in schools. As no major concerns were raised on the thermal comfort of students in Nepalese schools, we investigated the present condition of students' thermal comfort in school buildings in the temperate climatic region of Nepal. A survey was conducted on the indoor thermal environment and the associated thermal perception during the middle autumnal season in 2017. Altogether, 818 students participated in this survey; they voted three times: at the beginning, in the middle, and at the end of each 45-min lesson. Under the condition of natural ventilation, the indoor globe temperature was close to the outdoor air temperature. Approximately three quarters of the students felt comfortable at an average temperature of 27 • C. Private school students perceived a low estimated comfort temperature, which may be due to wearing more clothing insulation. Even though there is a dress code, students reduced their clothing to adapt to outdoor thermal environment, whose air temperature is above 30 • C. This study provides the adaptive thermal comfort system for Nepalese school students under natural ventilation during the middle autumnal season.

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Impact of social background and behaviour on children's thermal comfort

Cited by 43 publications

References 33 publications

Analysis of thermal comfort in education building in surveys

Analysis of thermal comfort in education building in surveys

Heat health risk assessment analysing heatstroke patients in Fukuoka City, Japan

A field investigation on adaptive thermal comfort in school buildings in the temperate climatic region of Nepal

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