LoginCurrent thermal comfort standards and the models underpinning them purport to be equally applicable across all types of buildings, ventilation systems, occupancy patterns, and climate zones. A recent ASHRAE-sponsored research project (RP-884) critically evaluated this by statistically analysing a large thermal comfort field research database from 160 buildings scattered all over the would (n=22,000). The results suggest several significant changes for the next revision of ASHRAE's comfort standard (ASHRAE Std 55), particularly as they relate to buildings with natural and hybrid ventilation systems.
Adaptive thermal comfort in natural and hybrid ventilation.
Year:
1999
Bibliographic info:
Australia, CSIRO and the University of Sydney, and IEA Energy Conservation in Buildings and Community Systems (ECBCS) Annex 35, 1999, proceedings of Hybvent Forum '99, First International One-Day Forum on Natural and Hybrid Ventilation