Thermal Comfort in Residential Buildings
Thermal Comfort is highly important in terms of people working performance at office or satisfaction living a room for their home. BS EN ISO 7730 points out the thermal comfort as '… that condition of mind which expresses satisfaction with the thermal environment .' , i.e. the situation about people's satisfaction about temperature level. As the definition of thermal comfort present thermal range for human comfort, it is not possible to explain just with temperature satisfaction. Because, it is highly subjective calculation that contains many of attributes. Factors of Thermal Comfort: Environmental factors Air temperature (dry bulb temperature C) Air velocity (measured in m/s) Radiant temperature Relative humidity (RH) Personal factors Clothing Metabolic heat Wellbeing and sicknesses For instance, men and women are always in a conflict about temperature level in office buildings as men desires colder environment women are on the opposite