Individual difference in thermal comfort: A literature review

Z Wang, R de Dear, M Luo, B Lin, Y He… - Building and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Human individual differences widely and markedly affect thermal comfort and should be
carefully considered in the design and operation of the built environment. This paper aims to …

Investigation of indoor environment quality and factors affecting human comfort: A critical review

GA Ganesh, SL Sinha, TN Verma… - Building and …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] How to attract employees back to the office? A stated choice study on hybrid working preferences

R Appel-Meulenbroek, A Kemperman… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is expected that most office workers will work from home more often after COVID-19, but it
remains unclear who is inclined to go back to the office and who is not when hybrid working …

Thermal comfort in hospital buildings–A literature review

F Yuan, R Yao, S Sadrizadeh, B Li, G Cao… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Occupant productivity and office indoor environment quality: A review of the literature

Y Al Horr, M Arif, A Kaushik, A Mazroei… - Building and …, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

A review of smart building sensing system for better indoor environment control

B Dong, V Prakash, F Feng, Z O'Neill - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper aims to provide a systemic review of how indoor sensors influence in managing
optimal energy saving, thermal comfort, visual comfort, and indoor air quality in the built …

Post-occupancy evaluation: State-of-the-art analysis and state-of-the-practice review

P Li, TM Froese, G Brager - Building and environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) is a process of evaluating the performance of a building
after it has been occupied for at least several years. The authors conducted a …

Gender differences in metabolic rates and thermal comfort in sedentary young males and females at various temperatures

L Yang, S Zhao, S Gao, H Zhang, E Arens, Y Zhai - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Human metabolic rate is a fundamental and essential aspect of thermal comfort, and gender
differences in metabolic rate may underlie gender differences in comfort. This study explores …

A review of the corrective power of personal comfort systems in non-neutral ambient environments

H Zhang, E Arens, Y Zhai - Building and Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper discusses a spectrum of systems that cool or heat occupants personally, termed
'personal comfort systems'(PCS), in order to quantify their ability to produce comfort in …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative study of gender differences in thermal comfort and environmental satisfaction in air-conditioned offices in Qatar, India, and Japan

M Indraganti, MA Humphreys - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Gender differences in the assessment of thermal comfort and indoor environmental quality
(IEQ) in the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC) have not previously been investigated …