International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2020
Analysis of the Influence of Age on Human Thermal Comfort
Publication: ICCREM 2020: Intelligent Construction and Sustainable Buildings
ABSTRACT
Some have paid attention to study on ages and thermal comfort in recent 10 years. It has been found different results about age and thermal comfort. Some observed a significant but poor correlation, another found no difference, and etc. 2,707 samples was conducted on age and human thermal comfort. The results showed that the thermal comfort voting value was located in comfort (0) and slightly uncomfortable (0.5) for all age groups when the thermal sensation voting value is zero. People over 45 years old had more proportion of comfortable than that below 45 years old in the same environment. The thermal neutral temperature of the group under 45 years old was 20.4°C; and that for the group of 45–59 years old was 20.5°C. 21.2°C, and 22°C for the group of 60–75 years old and 75–89 years old respectively. This helps to provide reference for indoor and outdoor space design.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 51668016).
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ICCREM 2020: Intelligent Construction and Sustainable Buildings
Pages: 170 - 176
Editors: Yaowu Wang, Ph.D., Harbin Institute of Technology, Thomas Olofsson, Ph.D., Luleå University of Technology, and Geoffrey Q. P. Shen, Ph.D., Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8323-7
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Published online: Oct 14, 2020
Published in print: Oct 14, 2020
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