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Proposal for the assessment of thermal indoor climate based on the thermal acceptability, in addition to the thermal (dis)satisfied.

Paul Roelofsen （ Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 2628 CE, The Netherlands. ）

Peter Vink （ Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 2628 CE, The Netherlands. ）

https://doi.org/10.37155/2811-0730-0201-11

Abstract

For the sake of energy and cost savings, it is sometimes necessary to maintain the indoor climate in a room at conditions that deviate from optimal thermal comfort. More important than thermal sensation is how a change in conditions will affect the thermal acceptability of a space and whether the percentage of people who are (dis)satisfied with the environment will change with regard of the acceptability. The aim of this technical note and arithmetic study is to find out to what extent the thermal indoor climate can be assessed on the basis of thermal acceptability, in addition to the thermal (dis)satisfied, by making use of research that has already been carried out. In addition to the relationship between the percentage of (dis)satisfied and acceptability, attention is paid to how this result relates to current Dutch government building regulations. The paper concerns a proposal for the assessment of thermal indoor climate based on the thermal acceptability, in addition to the thermal (dis)satisfied.

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Mathematical modelling; Thermal comfort; Thermal acceptability; Environmental indoor quality; Adaptive thermal comfort

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