HEATING THERMAL COMFORT IN HIGHLY AIR-TIGHT AND INSULATED HOUSE – VARIATION OF PERIPHERAL SKIN TEMPERATURE

Experiments using human subjects have been conducted to investigate the physiological andpsychological responses to two different heating methods, i.e. floor heating and air conditioner, in ahighly insulated house. This paper describes a study on the effects of the heating methods on skintemperature changes by investigating changes in skin temperature caused by thermal conditions,sexual differences in skin temperature change, the correlation between declared scores and drops inperipheral skin temperature using the experimental results.