Thermal Comfort Assessment of Buildings

Thermal Comfort Assessment of Buildings by Salvatore Carlucci.

A number of metrics for assessing human thermal response to climatic conditions have been proposed in scientific literature over the last decades. They aim at describing human thermal perception of the thermal environment to which an individual or a group of people is exposed. More recently, a new t...

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Main Author: Carlucci, Salvatore (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:PoliMI SpringerBriefs,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Building construction.
Energy efficiency.
Design.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • A review of methods for long-term evaluation of the general thermal comfort conditions in buildings
  • A comparison of methods for long-term evaluation of general thermal comfort conditions in buildings
  • A gap analysis of methods for long-term evaluation of general thermal comfort conditions
  • A harmonized framework for the calculation of long-term discomfort indices
  • A new index for long-term evaluation of the general thermal comfort conditions in building.

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