Setting temperature and clothing insulation in student rooms in summer

A survey of air conditioner temperaturesettings and clothing insulation was carried outfor university student rooms in June-Octoberduring daytime on weekdays in Osaka, Japan.The results are as follows. 1) Forair-conditioners that were turned on, thetemperature setting was 26-28C in 8 1.1 % ofcases. 2) Almost all respondents wore longtrousers and T-shirts, or that ensemble plus aninner shirt (78.9%). 3) Temperature settingsand thermal sensations differed by building. 4)Effects of soclts on thermal sensation wererecognized. 5) Both the temperature settingand the clothing insulation changed along withthe seasonal change of the outdoortemperatures. 6) In relation to outdoortemperatures, the coefficient of correlation R2was respectively 0.17 for the temperaturesetting and 0.28 for the clothing insulation.Furthermore, R2 was 0.02 between thetemperature setting and the clothing insulation.