Thermal comfort standards, measured internal temperatures and thermal resilience to climate change of free-running buildings: A case-study of hospital wards
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In this paper, the authors focus on internal temperatures during the day and at night in wards within the tower building at Addenbrooke's hospital, which has a hybrid ventilation strategy.About:
This article is published in Building and Environment.The article was published on 2012-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 149 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thermal comfort & Climate change.read more
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A review into thermal comfort in buildings
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.
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Humidity: A review and primer on atmospheric moisture and human health.
TL;DR: Care must be taken in averaging certain humidity variables daily or seasonally to avoid statistical biasing associated with variables that are inherently diurnal through their relationship to temperature.
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The implications of a changing climate for buildings
Pieter de Wilde,David Coley +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the relationship between climate change and buildings and the emerging body of knowledge on the subject, as well as classifying and summarizing the contributions to this special issue.
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An investigation into future performance and overheating risks in Passivhaus dwellings
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate whether Passivhaus dwellings will be able to provide high standards of thermal comfort in the future or whether they are inherently vulnerable to overheating risks.
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National survey of summertime temperatures and overheating risk in English homes
TL;DR: In this article, living room and bedroom temperatures were recorded in 207 homes across the England during the cool summer of 2007, and 14 homes were observed to be heated for part or all of the analysis period (July to August).
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Developing an adaptive model of thermal comfort and preference - eScholarship
Richard de Dear,Gail Brager +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the semantics of thermal comfort in terms of thermal sensation, acceptability, and preference, as a function of both indoor and outdoor temperature, as predicted by the adaptive hypothesis.
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Developing an adaptive model of thermal comfort and preference
Richard de Dear,Gail Brager +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the adaptive hypothesis predicts that contextual factors and past thermal history modify building occupants' thermal expectations and preferences, which is contrary to static assumptions underlying the current ASHRAE comfort standard 55-92.
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The European Nitrogen Assessment: Summary for policy makers
Mark A. Sutton,Hans van Grinsven,Gilles Billen,Albert Bleeker,Alexander F. Bouwman,K. R. Bull,Jan Willem Erisman,Peringe Grennfelt,Bruna Grizzetti,Clare M. Howard,Oene Oenema,Till Spranger,Wilfried Winiwarter +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify five key societal threats of nitrogen cycle degradation: water quality, air quality, greenhouse balance, ecosystems and biodiversity, and soil quality. But they focus on the negative impacts of N 2 on the environment and human health.