Thermal comfort is fundamental to indoor environmental design and operation as well as
indoor thermal environment evaluation. This paper has reviewed the historic evolution of …

This article reviews the literature on the Indoor Environment Quality of a built environment.
Thermal comfort is a complex concern and the methods studied so far are only approximate …

The predicted mean vote (PMV) and predicted percentage of dissatisfied (PPD) are the most
widely used thermal comfort indices. Yet, their performance remains a contested topic. The …

Compared with the static thermal comfort models like predicted mean vote (PMV) model,
adaptive thermal models have a wider range of adaptability. The traditional concept of …

A personal comfort model is a new approach to thermal comfort modeling that predicts an
individual's thermal comfort response, instead of the average response of a large …

Hospital buildings are required to secure a variety of indoor environments according to the
diverse requirements of patients and staff. Among these requirements, thermal comfort is an …

The purpose of this paper is to review the existing literature to draw an understanding of the
relationship between indoor environmental quality and occupant productivity in an office …

Recognizing the value of open-source research databases in advancing the art and science
of HVAC, in 2014 the ASHRAE Global Thermal Comfort Database II project was launched …

Urban open spaces provide various benefits to large populations in cities. Since thermally
comfortable urban open spaces improve the quality of urban living, an increasing number of …

The main goal of this article is to review the state-of-the-art literature and establish a
connection between the factors that influence health and productivity in any given indoor …