Significance of air movement for thermal comfort in warm climates : A discussion in Indian context
Significance of air movement for thermal comfort in warm climates : A discussion in Indian context
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2012
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4.8
通讯作者：
Madhavi Indraganti;R. Ooka;H. Rijal
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作者：
Madhavi Indraganti;R. Ooka;H. Rijal
热舒适性研究在印度尚未获得动力。印度设计师在设计室内环境时，一字不差地遵循ASHRAE标准。这只会导致过度设计/能源浪费，以及不适合当地气候和习俗的环境。我们在2008年的早期研究强调了现场记录的实际舒适温度与2005年国家建筑规范中规定的温度之间的巨大差距。因此，舒适性研究在印度是迫切的。为了满足这一需求，作者从2012年1月开始在印度的温暖潮湿和复合气候中进行实地研究。目前的论文强调了空气流动在高温下对舒适性的重要性，正如我们在海得拉巴的研究中所观察到的那样。使用风扇的受试者的舒适温度高于不使用风扇的受试者。居住者通过使用各种个人环境控制成功地实现了更高的空气速度，以舒适地抵消在温暖潮湿的月份中的不适。
Thermal comfort research is yet to gain momentum in India. Indian designers follow verbatim the ASHRAE standard when designing the indoor environments. This only leads to over design/ energy wastage and in environments inappropriate to the local climates and customs. Our earlier study in 2008 highlighted the wide gulf between the actual comfort temperature recorded on field and that specified in the National Building Code2005. Therefore, comfort studies are exigent in India. Addressing this need, the authors are conducting a field study in warm-humid and composite climates of India from January 2012. The current paper highlights the significance of air movement for comfort at elevated temperatures as observed in our Hyderabad study. Subjects using fans had higher comfort temperature than those without. The occupants successfully achieved higher air velocities through the use of various personal environmental controls in order to comfortably offset the discomfort during the warm-humid months.