S.R. Kurvers

TL;DR: Three adaptive thermal comfort standards are comprehensively reviewed: the American ASHRAE 55-2010 standard, the European EN15251 standard, and the Dutch ATG guideline and a case study from the Netherlands is compared.

TL;DR: The first guidelines for thermal comfort in buildings in The Netherlands were developed in the late 70s and in the 80s. They were based on the PMV-PPD relationship as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the relationship between comfort, health, and building energy consumption is presented, with the connection between energy and behaviours-detailed possible explanations of performance gaps, and the pathways from energy to health.

TL;DR: In this paper, a questionnaire was distributed among 1311 school children (8-12 years old, average 10) of 54 classrooms at 21 schools in The Netherlands to investigate the relations between classroom characteristics and health and comfort of school children.

TL;DR: New notions about desired comfort temperature (Brager and De Dear) are treated, which focuses on the relation of the indoor comfort temperature with the outside temperature in the preceding 1 month period.