The role of environmental and personal variables in influencing thermal comfort indices used in building simulation
The role of environmental and personal variables in influencing thermal comfort indices used in building simulation
The need to identify variables, which influence human behaviour, has become one of the priorities in the quest to reduce energy demand. Environmental and personal variables, as set out in the thermal comfort models, have long been associated with people’s behaviour by predicting their state of thermal comfort or rather discomfort. The aim of this paper is to explore and to report on the influences of these variables on thermal discomfort indices used in building simulation models. Surprisingly, the results of the sensitivity analysis show that different indices are most sensitive to different variables.
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International Building Performance Simulation Association
Gauthier, S.
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2013
Gauthier, S.
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Gauthier, S.
(2013)
The role of environmental and personal variables in influencing thermal comfort indices used in building simulation.
In Proceedings of BS2013: 13th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association, Chambéry, France, August 26-28.
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Abstract
The need to identify variables, which influence human behaviour, has become one of the priorities in the quest to reduce energy demand. Environmental and personal variables, as set out in the thermal comfort models, have long been associated with people’s behaviour by predicting their state of thermal comfort or rather discomfort. The aim of this paper is to explore and to report on the influences of these variables on thermal discomfort indices used in building simulation models. Surprisingly, the results of the sensitivity analysis show that different indices are most sensitive to different variables.
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Accepted/In Press date: August 2013
Published date: 2013
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