The paper describes the test procedure and sums up the criteria for the air handling components and systems defined in the Finnish guideline for ventilation equipment Test methods, such as a measuring method of mineral fibres released into airflow, and a method for measuring the odour threshold of processing oils have been added to the guideline.The experience from the labeling system has been very positive .

Influences of architectural parameters , solar heat gain of glazing envelopes, thermal inertia on opaque walls indoor air velocity and physiological parmeters has been taken in account to estimate indoor thermal comfort for occupants.

The author expresses the evaporative efficiency of sweating as a function of wetted skin surface area.This allows to predict mean skin temperature of human body as a function of 4 environmental factors and 2 human factors. With these parameters skin temperature and wettedness for 2 typical cases have been calculated.

A seated, unclothed and bald manikin is used for the experiment. A numerical method calculates the view factors between individual segments of a thermal manikin , and between the outer surfaces and the body segments. The segment to segment radiation is the subject of the research : radiation between segments may be significant and the local differences in radiative heat loss may cause discomfort and cannot be ignored.

This study makes clear that mean skin temperature and skin wettedness do not remain constant but may vary under constant thermal sensations of "slightly warm", "warm" and "hot". The relationship between mean skin temperature and skin wettedness under the constant thermal sensation of "warm" is adequaltely expressed through a convex curve with a negative slope.

This study is divided into 2 parts : 1. Discussion of the theory of a measurement method for configuration factors using reflections of a curvilinear mirror.2. Estimation method of configuration factors for medium/large scale spaces that can be used instead of methods using the diagrams.

The study was carried out on 6 subjects. Each one is seated at a desk with a mounted PVS. During the experiment the room air temperature was controlled at 28C and the personalized air temperature was 25C. Several fluctuations were tested, air movement with a frequency of 0.2 Hz was preferred to 0.1 Hz and 0.3 HZThe subjects had a preference for a lower mean air velocity but were more distracted when air movement fluctuated (0,2 Hz) than when it was constant.

For that study, 40 subjects were exposed to controlled air movements ( slightly cool, neutral, slightly warm thermal sensations at 18 °C, 20°C, 23°C, 26°C and 28°C). Their responses were collected. Results indicate that air movement preference depends on

The authors introduce a new airflow characteristic, the equivalent frequency, as an integral measure for the frequency of the random velocity fluctuations in rooms. The aim of that study was to test the impact of the equivalent frequency on draught sensation for human subjects. Further investigation at different air temperatures along with different turbulence intensities of air velocity is recommended.

For that study , an heated manikin, in a seated position, is exposed to a local thermo ventilator that promotes a non-uniform horizontal flow ( front , behind and right side) ; an interior climate analyser measures the environmental variables around the manikin. Those data are used as inputs of the numerical program.
A numerical model simulates the human and clothing thermal systems and evaluates the thermal comfort level. Verification was made that when the ventilator is places in front of the manikin, acceptable thermal comfort conditions are fullfilled.