Effect of age, gender, economic group and tenure on thermal comfort: A field study in residential buildings in hot and dry climate with seasonal variations
Effect of age, gender, economic group and tenure on thermal comfort: A field study in residential buildings in hot and dry climate with seasonal variations
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DOI：
10.1016/j.enbuild.2009.09.003
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发表时间：
2010-03-01
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6.7
通讯作者：
Rao, Kavita Daryani
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作者：
Indraganti, Madhavi;Rao, Kavita Daryani
印度住宅建筑的能源消耗是最高的之一，并且正在显著增加。印度标准规定全国所有类型建筑的舒适温度在23至26摄氏度之间。然而，印度的热舒适研究非常有限。2008年，在海得拉巴的夏季和季风季节，在复合气候条件下，在自然通风的公寓中进行了实地研究。该调查涉及100多个主题，提供了3962个数据集。对他们进行了不同类别的分析：年龄、性别、经济群体和保有权。年龄、性别和工作年限与热舒适性的相关性较弱。然而，女性、老年受试者和业主受试者的热接受度较高。受试者的经济水平对热感觉、热偏好、热接受和热中性有显著影响。最低经济群体的舒适带为27.3-33.1 ℃，中性温度为30.2 ℃。这远远超出了标准。这一发现对建筑和HVAC系统的设计和实践具有深远的能源影响。居住者对其他环境参数的反应往往取决于他们的热感觉，往往导致接近正态分布。由于习惯化，受试者表现出听觉和嗅觉的遗忘，导致更高的满意度和接受度。(C)2009爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Energy consumption in Indian residential buildings is one of the highest and is increasing phenomenally. Indian standards specify comfort temperatures between 23 and 26 degrees C for all types of buildings across the nation. However, thermal comfort research in India is very limited. A field study in naturally ventilated apartments was done in 2008, during the summer and monsoon seasons in Hyderabad in composite climate. This survey involved over 100 subjects, giving 3962 datasets. They were analysed under different groups: age, gender, economic group and tenure. Age, gender and tenure correlated weakly with thermal comfort. However, thermal acceptance of women, older subjects and owner-subjects was higher. Economic level of the Subjects showed significant effect on the thermal sensation, preference, acceptance and neutrality. The comfort band for lowest economic group was found to be 27.3-33.1 degrees C with the neutral temperature at 30.2 degrees C. This is way above the standard. This finding has far reaching energy implications on building and HVAC systems design and practice. Occupants' responses for other environmental parameters often depended on their thermal sensation, often resulting in a near normal distribution. The subjects displayed acoustic and olfactory obliviousness due to habituation, resulting in higher satisfaction and acceptance. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.